PREVENTIVE ARREST BY POLICE – SECTIONS 41-60 OF CR.P.C. DECODED

The Police Officer has the powers to arrest a person without having received any Warrant of Arrest from the concerned Magistrate provided the person has; Commissioned a Cognizable Offence in the presence of that Officer, or A Complaint against that person was received on commissioning of a Cognizable Offence, or Sufficient information received against the[…..]

DECODING SECTION 167 CR.P.C.

Section 167 Cr.P.C. deals with a situation what if investigation was not completed within 24 hours. When a person is arrested and kept in [Police] custody and there is no possibility of investigation would complete within 24 hours as fixed by the law under Section 57 of Cr.P.C., more so, the Investigation Officer who is[…..]

INVESTIGATION BY POLICE – HOW?

Section 157 of Cr.P.C. deals with a situation with regard to investigation, how the investigation be conducted by the Investigation Officer [IO] and when he can proceed with the arrest of the Accused. Based on the information received on commission of offence and or from the powers derived by the Officer Incharge under Section 156[…..]

SECTION 156 OF CR.P.C. – AN UNDERSTANDING

Section 156 of Cr.P.C. allows Police to conduct investigation into any cognizable case without the order of the concerned Magistrate under which the Police Station and / or the Investigation Officer functions and no proceedings of theirs be questioned by the Court at any stage. Otherwise Clause 3 of Section 156 empowers Court to direct[…..]

NON-COGNIZABLE OFFENCE – DECODING SECTION 155 CR.P.C.

What if the Police receives a Complaint, which is non-Cognizable Offence? Whether the Police has powers to take non-Cognizable Offence and investigate the matter similar to that of Cognizable Offence? Section 155 Cr.P.C. has answer to those questions. Criminal Law bifurcates nature of offences under cognizable and non-cognizable cases. Wherein, offences of cognizable nature does[…..]

DECODING SECTION 154 OF CR.P.C.

Section 154 set in motion a criminal complaint when an FIR is registered and the concerned Magistrate take notice of the same, as it is mandated on the Investigation Officer under Section 157 to report to the Jurisdiction Magistrate who is empowered to take cognizance of the same. The word “Informant” is crucial in Section[…..]