When police may arrest without warrant?

When police may arrest without a warrant?  According to Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, (1) Any police officer may withou...

Preventative Action of the Police (Section 149 to Section 153 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Police to prevent cognizable offenses -         According to Section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, Every police officer ma...

Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail

     According to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail which are ...

The main points of section 164 of the code of criminal procedure

       Section 164 of the code of Criminal Procedure applies to all sorts of confessions. Confession is an admission made at any time by a...

Attendance of persons confined in prisons before Criminal Court

Section 266 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 defines -          (a) “Detained” includes detained under any law providing for preve...

Withdrawal of cases and Appeals (Code of Criminal Procedure 1973)

Withdrawal of cases and Appeals -              Section 409, 410 and Section 411 of the Code of Criminal Procedure speaks about the withd...

Transfer of Criminal Cases and Appeals (Cr.P.C Section 406 to Section 408 )

Introduction -         An Accused person has the right to have each case transferred to another court if he has reasonable cause to beli...

When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offense

What is Bail -              Bail is the security with securities for the prisoners' appearance to answer the charge at a specified ti...

Maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained (436A CR.P.C)

Maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained -                      According to Section 436A of the code of Crimina...

Withdrawal of cases and appeals (Criminal Procedure Code 1973)

Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges        According to Section 409 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973,  (1) A Sess...

Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial (Section 475 of CrPC)

Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial -  According to Section 475 of the Code of Criminal Proc...

Powers of Courts (Section 26 to 35 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973)

Powers of Courts -  Section 26 to 35 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 speaks about Powers of Courts. 1) Courts by which offense...

Assistant Public Prosecutors (Section 25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973)

       The police officer of the rank of inspector or above may be appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor in any case provided that he h...

Public Prosecutors (Section 24 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973)

Introduction -          The public prosecutor is the holder of a public office. The public officer is not a part of the investigation ag...

Summary Trial (Section 260 to Section 265 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

What is Summary Trial -                         A summary trial is a trial in an action which is entered without preliminary trial and w...

Rights of Accused Person at the Trial

Accused person - Accused is a person against whom an allegation has been made, a person who is charged with an offence. Trial - Trial has...

Difference/Distinction between Parole and Probation

What is Parole -             Release of prisoners on Parole is a reformative and rehabilitative measure which seeks to protect society ...