CrPC Section 156 is now BNSS Section 175

• CrPC 156 (Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case) → BNSS 175 Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case
• CrPC 156(3) (Magistrate's power to order investigation) → BNSS 175(3) Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case
  BNSS 175(3) requires an application supported by affidavit under 173(4) and allows the Magistrate to hear the police officer first.

Read the full BNSS Section 175 →

The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from 1 July 2024.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.