law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  343.Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance.-
  (1) A Magistrate to whom a complaint is made
  
  under section 340 or section 341 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  Chapter XV, proceed, as far as may be, to deal with the case as if it were
  
  instituted on a police report.
  (2) Where it is brought to the notice of such Magistrate, or of any other
  
  Magistrate to whom the case may have been transferred, that an appeal is
  
  pending against the decision arrived at in the judicial proceeding out of which
  
  the matter has arisen, he may, if he thinks fit, at any stage, adjourn the
  
  hearing of the case until such appeal is decided.