Criminal Procedure Code

Pre-arrest bail: Grant of pre-arrest bail is an extraordinary relief to be granted only in extraordinary situation to protect innocent persons against victimization through the abuse of law for ulterior motives. Scope and object:…

First Information Report (FIR) First information report is an information regarding the commission of cognizable offence to the police authorities and it can also be taken as a very good piece of initial evidence which has to be backed up…

BAIL: The world “bail” is derived from the French word bailier which means to give or decline. The basic concept of the word bail is the release of the person from the custody of police and delivery into the hands of sureties, who…

Procedure of Trial before Magistrate Introduction Chapter 20 of the code of criminal procedure which consists of Ss. 241-250 provides the procedure for the trial of cases by Magistrate. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure…

Framing of Charge Charge The term charge is defined is defined in S. 4 C and includes any head of charge when the charge contains more than one head. A charge is precise formulation of the specific accusation made against a person who is…

Disputes concerning immovable property threatening breach of Peace Introduction: Chapter XII Cr.P.C confer powers on the Magistrate 1st class on his satisfaction as to take preventive measures to ward off endangered disruption in respect…

Joinder of Charges General principle The framing of specific and distinct charge in respect of every distinct head of criminal liability constituting an offence is the foundation for conviction and sentence therefore, section 233 lays…

Case Property and its Disposal Case property Case property means a property regarding which an offence has been committed or which appears to have been used for commission of an offence and it also includes any property into or for which…

Physical Remand Remand The word “remand” means to recommit to custody. The word remand has not been defined in the code of criminal procedure. According to Black’s Law dictionary remand means “an act or an instance of sending something…