Category: Code of Criminal Procedure
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Trial Before a Court of Session
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Trial Before a Court of Session The word ‘Trial’ is not defined in the code. The term ‘trial’ basically means the Court’s decision or a judicial judgement by the Court so as to decide the person’s guilt or innocence. It is an important process to determine whether…
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Who Can Claim Maintenance Under Section 125 of CrPC?
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Who Can Claim Maintenance Under Section 125 of CrPC? Maintenance is a term mostly associated with the financial support that a woman (wife) can claim from her husband after divorce. But the children and parents of a married man can also claim maintenance from him. Maintenance for…
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Section 125 of CrPC – Who is Supposed to Pay the Maintenance?
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Section 125 of CrPC – Who is Supposed to Pay the Maintenance? Maintenance is a term mostly associated with the financial support that a woman can claim from her husband after divorce. But the children and parents of a married man can also claim maintenance from him.…
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First Information Report (FIR) Section 154 CrPC
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Section 154 of CrPC (FIR) In this article, we shall study the concept of “the First Information” under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Commonly this reporting is known as the First Information Report (FIR). The investigation is one of the important functions carried…
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Section 154 of CrPC (FIR)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Section 154 of CrPC (FIR) Police are the first agency for the administration of criminal justice and are considered to be the first line of defence against crime. The primary responsibility of Police is to protect life, liberty, and property of citizens. It is for the protection…
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Summons: (Ss. 61 – 69 of CrPC)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Summons: (Ss. 61 – 69 of CrPC) Chapter VI of the Code of Criminal Procedure deals with the processes to compel appearance of the accused or witness in the court. The Court can compel the person to be present in the Court using summons, warrant of arrest,…
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Section 41 of CrPC: Arrest by Police Without Warrant
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Section 41 of CrPC: Arrest by Police Without Warrant The Criminal Procedure Code of 1973 that deals with the aspects of arrests have not defined the term ‘Arrest’. The word arrest, when used in its ordinary and natural sense it means the apprehension or restraint or the…
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Powers of Superior Officers of Police: (S. 36 CrPC)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Powers of Superior Officers of Police: (S. 36 CrPC) In this article, we shall study the powers of superior officers of police under Section 36 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. We shall also study the Ranks in Mumbai Police and State Police. Section 36 of…
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Plea Bargaining
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Plea Bargaining (Ss. 265A to 265L) Delay and heavy workloads in the Courts have resulted in the informal system of pre-trial bargaining and settlement in some western countries, part5icularly in the United States. This system is commonly known as ‘plea bargaining’. In the most traditional and general…
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Summary Trials (Ss. 260 to 265)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > CrPC > Summary Trials (Ss. 260 to 265) The word “trial” is used both in civil and in Criminal matters. The process of trial as enumerated in our Indian Constitution Art. 21 and also in certain enactments is that “trial is a right of a person”, which should be…