Types of sentences prescribed U/s 307 of the IPC
When an act would constitute the offence punishable as an attempt to murder under Section 307, IPC? If a man commits an act with such intention or knowledge and under…
What is Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act, 2002?
Section 19 of the PML Act reads: Power to Arrest – (1) If the Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director or any other officer authorized in this behalf by the Central…
What is Further Investigation?
The dictionary meaning of ‘further’ (when used as an adjective) is ‘additional; more; supplemental’. ‘Further’ investigation therefore is the continuation of the earlier investigation and not a fresh investigation or…
What are the alternatives before a Magistrate when a “Final Report” is filed?
Wherever a final report forwarded by the Investigating Officer to a Magistrate under Section 173(2)(i) of the CrPC is placed before him, several situations may arise. The report may conclude…
Section 173 of the CrPC
“173. Report of police officer on completion of investigation.— (1) Every investigation under this Chapter shall be completed without unnecessary delay. (1A) The investigation in relation to an offence under…
Section 169 of the CrPC reads as under:
Section 169 of CrPC – Release of accused when evidence deficient.— If, upon an investigation under this Chapter, it appears to the officer in charge of the police station that…
Disposal or Confiscation of the Property
Section 451 of the CrPC – Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases. — When any property is produced before any Criminal Court during any…
Condonation of Delay
The courts are conferred with discretionary powers to admit an appeal even after the expiry of the prescribed period provided the proposed appellant is able to establish ‘sufficient cause’ for…
Use of Police Diary by the Accused
Coming to the use of police diary by the accused, sub-section (3) of Section 172 clearly lays down that neither the accused nor his agents shall be entitled to call…
History and Development of JJ Act in India.
In India there was no pan India Act to govern children, and some states had their own enactments, like the Madras Children Act, 1920. The Union had also enacted the…