Court Decisions Latest Law Cases Even, if the offence under S. 188, P. P. C. had been declared cognizable, the fact would remain that S. 195(1)(a), Cr. P. C., had not provided that no court was competent to take cognizance of the offence under Ss. 172 to 188, P. P. C., unless a complaint in written saw made by the public servant concerned or by s...