1. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE
GENERAL PROVISIONS

2. OFFENCE
Any act or omission made punishable by law for the time being in force.
CASE
A proceedings for prosecution of a person alleged to have committed an offence.
The proceeding at the end must result in discharge, conviction or acquittal.

3. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES
Cognizable and non-cognizable offences
Bailable and non-bailable offences
Compoundable and non-compoundable offences.
Warrant cases and Summon cases

4. COGNIZABLE OFFENCE An offence for which a police officer
May arrest without warrant and
Can investigate without any order or direction of a Magistrate.

5. NON-COGNIZABLE OFFENCE
An offence for which there can be
No arrest without warrant and
No investigation without the orders of the Magistrate.

6. BAILABLE OFFENCE NON-BAILABLE OFFENCE
An offence wherein bail is granted as a matter of course by police officer or by court
NON-BAILABLE OFFENCE
An offence wherein bail is granted at the discretion of the court or the authorities concerned.

7. NON-COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCE
An offence wherein the accused
enters into an agreement
with the victim of the offence
to pay some gratification or consideration for not prosecuting the accused.
NON-COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCE
An offence which cannot be compounded.

8. WARRANT CASE SUMMONS CASE
A case relating to an offence punishable with
death,
imprisonment for life or
imprisonment for a term exceeding two years.
SUMMONS CASE
A case relating to an offence which is not a warrant case

9. INVESTIGATION Includes all the proceedings under the Code
for collection of evidence
conducted by a police officer
or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorized by a Magistrate in this behalf.

10. INQUIRY
Every inquiry other than trial conducted by a Magistrate or Court.
It is never conducted by police.
It aims at determining the truth or falsity of certain facts.
It is a judicial proceeding and oath can be administered to the persons to be examined in the course of an inquiry.

11. TRIAL The judicial process in accordance with law
whereby the question of guilt or innocence of the person accused of an offence is determined.

12. ARREST The restraining of the liberty of man’s person In order to
compel obedience to the order of a court or
prevent the commission of a crime or
ensure that the person charged or suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it.
Arrest is when one is taken and restrained from his liberty.

13. CUSTODY
‘Custody’ denotes surveillance or restriction on the movement of a person.
It is complete in the case of arrest.
It may also be partial.

14. REMAND ‘Remand’ – ‘send back’
remand to custody in a magisterial lock up or jail.
‘Detention’- detention in police custody.
‘Remand’ - remand to judicial custody.

15. ARREST Arrest with warrant Arrest without warrant
In case of non-cognizable offences
Arrest without warrant
In case of cognizable offences
If non-cognizable offence is committed in the presence of police officer and the accused refuses to give his name and address
In case of designing to commit a cognizable offence which cannot be otherwise prevented

16. POWERS FOR MAKING ARREST
Power to use reasonable force
Power to search for the accused
Power to pursue the accused into any place in India
Power to obtain the assistance of any person
Power to direct a subordinate officer to effect the arrest
Power to re-arrest a person who has escaped from custody.

17. AFTER-ARREST PROCEDURE
Give Information regarding arrest and place of arrest to the person nominated by the arrested person
Search the arrested person and place articles found upon him in safe custody after preparing a recovery memo
Seize weapons if any and forward it to court
Cause medical examination of the arrested person if necessary
Send a report of the arrest to the District Magistrate
Not release the arrested person
except on bond, bail or on orders of Magistrate.

18. RIGHTS OF ARRESTED PERSON
Right to know the ground of arrest
Right to be taken before a Magistrate without delay
Right to consult a legal practitioner
Right to be examined by a Medical practitioner.
Information regarding arrest and place of arrest to be given to one of his friends, relatives or other person
Information regarding right to be released on bail

19. Powers of an Executive Magistrate under the Code
Power to obtain security for keeping peace and good behaviour.
Power to command an unlawful assembly to disperse.
Power to command the removal or stoppage of any public nuisance.
Power to issue prohibitory orders to prevent urgent cases of nuisance or danger
Power to decide disputes relating to property by summary way to prevent breach of peace

20. COMPELLING APPEARANCE OF PERSON - PROCESSES
Summons
Warrant of arrest
Proclamation and
Attachment of property

21. COMPELLING PRODUCTION OF THINGS - PROCESSES
Summons
Search
With warrant
Without warrant
Seizure

22. Any Questions ?