Power to stop proceedings when no complainant

Power to stop proceeding, when no complainant.-In any case instituted otherwise than upon complaint, a Judicial Magistrate of the first class, or with the previous sanction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, any Judicial Magistrate of the second class may, for reasons to be recorded by him, stop the proceedings at any stage without pronouncing any judgment either of acquittal or conviction and may thereupon release the accused.