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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Chapter I: Chapter I
Chapter II: Chapter II
- Section 6: Classes of Criminal Courts
- Section 7: Territorial divisions
- Section 8: Metropolitan areas
- Section 9: Court of Session
- Section 10: Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
- Section 11: Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 12: Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- Section 13: Special Judicial Magistrates
- Section 14: Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 15: Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 16: Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
- Section 17: Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates
- Section 18: Special Metropolitan Magistrates
- Section 19: Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
- Section 20: Executive Magistrates
- Section 21: Special Executive Magistrates
- Section 22: Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- Section 23: Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- Section 24: Public Prosecutors
- Section 25: Assistant Public Prosecutors
Chapter III: Chapter III
- Section 26: Courts by which offences are triable
- Section 27: Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
- Section 28: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- Section 29: Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- Section 30: Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- Section 31: Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- Section 32: Mode of conferring powers
- Section 33: Powers of officers appointed
- Section 34: Withdrawal of powers
- Section 35: Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
Chapter IV: Chapter IV
- Section 36: Powers of superior officers of police
- Section 37: Public when to assist Magistrates and police
- Section 38: Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
- Section 39: Public to give information of certain offences
- Section 40: Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report
Chapter V: Chapter V
- Section 41: When police may arrest without warrant
- Section 42: Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
- Section 43: Arrest by Private person and procedure on such arrest
- Section 44: Arrest by Magistrate
- Section 45: Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest
- Section 46: Arrest how made
- Section 47: Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
- Section 48: Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
- Section 49: No unnecessary restraint
- Section 50: Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
- Section 51: Search of arrested person
- Section 52: Power to seize offensive weapons
- Section 53: Examination of accused by medical practitioner at the request of police officer
- Section 54: Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person
- Section 55: Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
- Section 56: Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- Section 57: Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- Section 58: Police to report apprehensions
- Section 59: Discharge of person apprehended
- Section 60: Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
Chapter VI: Chapter VI
- Section 61: Form of summons
- Section 62: Summons how served
- Section 63: Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
- Section 64: Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- Section 65: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- Section 66: Service on Government
- Section 67: Service of summons outside local limits
- Section 68: Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- Section 69: Service of summons on witness by post
- Section 70: Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- Section 71: Power to direct security to be taken
- Section 72: Warrants to whom directed
- Section 73: Warrant may be directed to any person
- Section 74: Warrant directed to police officer
- Section 75: Notification of substance of warrant
- Section 76: Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- Section 77: Where warrant may be executed
- Section 78: Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 79: Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 80: Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- Section 81: Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- Section 82: Proclamation for person absconding
- Section 83: Attachment of property of person absconding
- Section 84: Claims and objections to attachment
- Section 85: Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- Section 86: Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- Section 87: Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- Section 88: Power to take bond for appearance
- Section 89: Arrest on breach of bond for appearance
- Section 90: Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summonses and warrants of arrest
Chapter VII: Chapter VII
- Section 91: Summons to produce document or other thing
- Section 92: Procedure as to letters and telegrams
- Section 93: When search-warrant may be issued
- Section 94: Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- Section 95: Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for the same
- Section 96: Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- Section 97: Search for persons wrongfully confined
- Section 98: Power to compel restoration of abducted females
- Section 99: Direction, etc., of search-warrants
- Section 100: Persons in charge of closed place to allow search
- Section 101: Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction
- Section 102: Power of police officer to seize certain property
- Section 103: Magistrate may direct search in his presence
- Section 104: Power to impound document, etc., produced
- Section 105: Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes
Chapter VIIA: Chapter VIIA
Chapter VIII: Chapter VIII
- Section 106: Security for keeping the peace on conviction
- Section 107: Security for keeping the peace in other cases
- Section 108: Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating seditious matters
- Section 109: Security for good behaviour from suspected persons
- Section 110: Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders
- Section 111: Order to be made
- Section 112: Procedure in respect of person present in Court
- Section 113: Summons or warrant in case of person not so present
- Section 114: Copy of order to accompany summons or warrant
- Section 115: Power to dispense with personal attendance
- Section 116: Inquiry as to truth of information
- Section 117: Order to give security
- Section 118: Discharge of person informed against
- Section 119: Commencement of period for which security is required
- Section 120: Contents of bond
- Section 121: Power to reject sureties
- Section 122: Imprisonment in default of security
- Section 123: Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security
- Section 124: Security for unexpired period of bond
Chapter IX: Chapter IX
Chapter X: Chapter X
- Section 129: Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- Section 130: Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- Section 131: Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- Section 132: Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections
- Section 133: Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- Section 134: Service or notification of order
- Section 135: Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- Section 136: Consequences of his failing to do so
- Section 137: Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- Section 138: Procedure where he appears to show cause
- Section 139: Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- Section 140: Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- Section 141: Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- Section 142: Injunction pending inquiry
- Section 143: Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
- Section 144: Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- Section 145: Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- Section 146: Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- Section 147: Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- Section 148: Local inquiry
Chapter XI: Chapter XI
Chapter XII: Chapter XII
- Section 154: Information in cognizable cases
- Section 155: Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- Section 156: Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case
- Section 157: Procedure for investigation
- Section 158: Report how submitted
- Section 159: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- Section 160: Police officer’s power to require attendance of witnesses
- Section 161: Examination of witnesses by police
- Section 163: No inducement to be offered
- Section 164: Recording of confessions and statements
- Section 165: Search by police officer
- Section 166: When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- Section 167: Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twentyfour hours
- Section 168: Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- Section 169: Release of accused when evidence deficient
- Section 170: Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- Section 171: Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
- Section 172: Diary of proceedings in investigation
- Section 173: Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- Section 174: Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- Section 175: Power to summon persons
- Section 176: Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
Chapter XIII: Chapter XIII
- Section 177: Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- Section 178: Place of inquiry or trial
- Section 179: Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- Section 180: Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence
- Section 181: Place of trial in case of certain offences
- Section 182: Offences committed by letters, etc
- Section 183: Offence committed on journey or voyage
- Section 184: Place of trial for offences triable together.- Where
- Section 185: Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- Section 186: High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- Section 187: Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- Section 188: Offence committed outside India
- Section 189: Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India
Chapter XIV: Chapter XIV
- Section 190: Cognizance of offences by Magistrates
- Section 191: Transfer on application of the accused
- Section 192: Making over of cases to Magistrates
- Section 193: Cognizance of offences by Courts of Session
- Section 194: Additional and Assistant Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them
- Section 195: Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
- Section 196: Prosecution for offences against the State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence
- Section 197: Prosecution of Judges and public servants
- Section 198: Prosecution for offences against marriage
- Section 199: Prosecution for defamation
Chapter XV: Chapter XV
Chapter XVI: Chapter XVI
- Section 204: Issue of process
- Section 205: Magistrate may dispense with personal attendance of accused
- Section 206: Special summons in cases of petty offence
- Section 207: Supply to the accused of copy of police report and other documents
- Section 208: Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session
- Section 209: Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
- Section 210: Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of the same offence
Chapter XVII: Chapter XVII
- Section 211: Contents of charge
- Section 212: Particulars as to time, place and person
- Section 213: When manner of committing offence must be stated
- Section 214: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- Section 215: Effect of errors
- Section 216: Court may alter charge
- Section 217: Recall of witnesses when charge altered
- Section 218: Separate charges for distinct offences
- Section 219: Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together
- Section 220: Trial for more than one offence
- Section 221: Trial for more than one offence-1
- Section 222: When offence proved included in offence charged
- Section 223: What persons may be charged jointly
- Section 224: Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges
Chapter XVIII: Chapter XVIII
- Section 225: Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor
- Section 226: Opening case for prosecution
- Section 227: Discharge
- Section 228: Framing of charge
- Section 229: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 230: Date for prosecution evidence
- Section 231: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 232: Acquittal
- Section 233: Entering upon defence
- Section 234: Arguments
- Section 235: Judgment of acquittal of conviction
- Section 236: Previous conviction
- Section 237: Procedure in cases instituted under section 199(2)
Chapter XIX: Chapter XIX
- Section 238: Compliance with section 207
- Section 239: When accused shall be discharged
- Section 240: Framing of charge
- Section 241: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 242: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 243: Evidence for defence
- Section 244: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 245: When accused shall be discharged
- Section 246: Procedure where accused is not discharged
- Section 247: Evidence for defence
- Section 248: Acquittal or conviction
- Section 249: Absence of complainant
- Section 250: Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause
Chapter XX: Chapter XX
- Section 251: Substance of accusation to be stated
- Section 252: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 254: Procedure when not convicted
- Section 255: Acquittal or conviction
- Section 256: Non-appearance or death of complainant
- Section 257: Withdrawal of complaint
- Section 258: Power to stop proceedings in certain cases
- Section 259: Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases
Chapter XXI: Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII: Chapter XXII
- Section 266: Definitions
- Section 267: Power to require attendance of prisoners
- Section 268: Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 267
- Section 269: Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies
- Section 270: Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
- Section 271: Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison
Chapter XXIII: Chapter XXIII
- Section 272: Language of Courts
- Section 273: Evidence to be taken in presence of accused
- Section 274: Record in summons cases and inquiries
- Section 275: Record in warrant-cases
- Section 276: Record in trial before Court of Session
- Section 277: Language of record of evidence
- Section 278: Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed
- Section 279: Interpretation of evidence to accused or his pleader
- Section 280: Remarks respecting demeanour of witness
- Section 281: Record of examination of accused
- Section 282: Interpreter to be bound to interpret truthfully
- Section 283: Record in High Court
- Section 284: When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued
- Section 285: Commission to whom to be issued
- Section 286: Execution of commissions
- Section 287: Parties may examine witnesses
- Section 288: Return of commission
- Section 289: Adjournment of proceeding
- Section 290: Execution of foreign commissions
- Section 291: Deposition of medical witness
- Section 292: Evidence of the officers of the Mint
- Section 293: Reports of certain Government scientific experts
- Section 294: No formal proof of certain documents
- Section 295: Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servant
- Section 296: Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- Section 297: Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn
- Section 298: Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
- Section 299: Record of evidence in absence of accused
Chapter XXIV: Chapter XXIV
- Section 300: Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- Section 301: Appearance by Public Prosecutors
- Section 302: Permission to conduct prosecution
- Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- Section 304: Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- Section 305: Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- Section 306: Tender of pardon to accomplice
- Section 307: Power to direct tender of pardon
- Section 308: Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- Section 309: Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- Section 310: Local inspection
- Section 311: Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- Section 312: Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- Section 313: Power to examine the accused
- Section 314: Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
- Section 315: Accused person to be competent witness
- Section 316: No influence to be used to induce disclosure
- Section 317: Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases
- Section 318: Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- Section 319: Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
- Section 320: Compounding of offences
- Section 321: Withdrawal from prosecution
- Section 322: Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose
- Section 323: Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- Section 324: Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property
- Section 325: Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe
- Section 326: Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- Section 327: Court to be open