What is Bail and when bail may be cancelled? (Code of Criminal Procedure)

What is Bail -             Bail has not been defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, but the dictionary meaning of Bail is the securi...

What is Warrant and what are the conditions for a valid Warrant?

What is a warrant of arrest -        A warrant is a return order of a magistrate giving official authority to arrest a suspected crimina...

What is a warrant of Arrest and where warrant may be executed?

Warrant of Arrest -      The code of criminal procedure does not define the expression warrant of arrest.  Warranty is a written order of...

What are requirements of FIR (Criminal Procedure Code,CRPC)

What is FIR -  FIR means first information report it is important from many points of view. Importance of FIR -  FIR is a stateme...

Courts of Judicial Magistrates (CrPC)

Introduction -        According to Section 11 of the code of criminal procedure 1973  In every district (not being a metropolitan ar...

What is the first information report and what are the ingredients of the first information report (FIR)

Introduction -                   The word information means something in the nature of a complaint or accusation, or at least informatio...

Information to the Police in Respect of Cognizable and Non-cognizable offences (Cr.P.C)

           According to Section 2(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, "cognizable offense" means an offense in which a police o...

Withdrawal of Cases and Appeals [Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (Cr.P.C)]

 Introduction -              Section 409 of the code of criminal procedure 1973 speaks about withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessio...

Procedure to be followed by a police Officer after arrest

What is Arrest -           The term Arrest is not defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C) or in the various substantive Ac...

Offenses: Meaning, Definition and Classification of Offenses

  Definition of offense -    The word offense is defined in Section 21 of the code of criminal procedure -       According to Section...

When search warrant may be issued | Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C)

What is a Search-Warrant?            A search warrant is a written authority given to the police officer or other person by the competen...

Classes of Criminal Courts (Section 6 of The Criminal Procedure Code)

Classes of Criminal Courts (Section 6 Cr.P.C)                  As per section 6 of the code of criminal procedure, besides the High Cou...

Components of the Criminal Justice System | Criminal Law

          Administration of Justice is one of the primary functions of the State. The main function of the administration of justice is th...