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Select a section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement 2 - Definitions 3 - Construction of references 4 - Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws 5 - Saving 6 - Classes of Criminal Courts 7 - Territorial divisions 8 - Metropolitan areas 9 - Court of Session 10 - Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges 11 - Courts of Judicial Magistrates 12 - Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc 13 - Special Judicial Magistrates 14 - Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates 15 - Subordination of Judicial Magistrates 16 - Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates 17 - Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates 18 - Special Metropolitan Magistrates 19 - Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates 20 - Executive Magistrates 21 - Special Executive Magistrates 22 - Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates 23 - Subordination of Executive Magistrates 24 - Public Prosecutors 25 - Assistant Public Prosecutors 26 - Courts by which offences are triable 27 - Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles 28 - Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass 29 - Sentences which Magistrates may pass 30 - Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine 31 - Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial 32 - Mode of conferring powers 33 - Powers of officers appointed 34 - Withdrawal of powers 35 - Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office 36 - Powers of superior officers of police 37 - Public when to assist Magistrates and police 38 - Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant 39 - Public to give information of certain offences 40 - Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report 41 - When police may arrest without warrant 42 - Arrest on refusal to give name and residence 43 - Arrest by Private person and procedure on such arrest 44 - Arrest by Magistrate 45 - Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest 46 - Arrest how made 47 - Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested 48 - Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions 49 - No unnecessary restraint 50 - Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail 51 - Search of arrested person 52 - Power to seize offensive weapons 53 - Examination of accused by medical practitioner at the request of police officer 54 - Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person 55 - Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant 56 - Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station 57 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours 58 - Police to report apprehensions 59 - Discharge of person apprehended 60 - Power, on escape, to pursue and retake 61 - Form of summons 62 - Summons how served 63 - Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies 64 - Service when persons summoned cannot be found 65 - Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided 66 - Service on Government 67 - Service of summons outside local limits 68 - Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present 69 - Service of summons on witness by post 70 - Form of warrant of arrest and duration 71 - Power to direct security to be taken 72 - Warrants to whom directed 73 - Warrant may be directed to any person 74 - Warrant directed to police officer 75 - Notification of substance of warrant 76 - Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay 77 - Where warrant may be executed 78 - Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction 79 - Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction 80 - Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued 81 - Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought 82 - Proclamation for person absconding 83 - Attachment of property of person absconding 84 - Claims and objections to attachment 85 - Release, sale and restoration of attached property 86 - Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property 87 - Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons 88 - Power to take bond for appearance 89 - Arrest on breach of bond for appearance 90 - Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summonses and warrants of arrest 91 - Summons to produce document or other thing 92 - Procedure as to letters and telegrams 93 - When search-warrant may be issued 94 - Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc 95 - Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for the same 96 - Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture 97 - Search for persons wrongfully confined 98 - Power to compel restoration of abducted females 99 - Direction, etc., of search-warrants 100 - Persons in charge of closed place to allow search 101 - Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction 102 - Power of police officer to seize certain property 103 - Magistrate may direct search in his presence 104 - Power to impound document, etc., produced 105 - Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes 106 - Security for keeping the peace on conviction 107 - Security for keeping the peace in other cases 108 - Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating seditious matters 109 - Security for good behaviour from suspected persons 110 - Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders 111 - Order to be made 112 - Procedure in respect of person present in Court 113 - Summons or warrant in case of person not so present 114 - Copy of order to accompany summons or warrant 115 - Power to dispense with personal attendance 116 - Inquiry as to truth of information 117 - Order to give security 118 - Discharge of person informed against 119 - Commencement of period for which security is required 120 - Contents of bond 121 - Power to reject sureties 122 - Imprisonment in default of security 123 - Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security 124 - Security for unexpired period of bond 125 - Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents 126 - Procedure 127 - Alteration in allowance 128 - Enforcement of order of maintenance 129 - Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force 130 - Use of armed forces to disperse assembly 131 - Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly 132 - Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections 133 - Conditional order for removal of nuisance 134 - Service or notification of order 135 - Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause 136 - Consequences of his failing to do so 137 - Procedure where existence of public right is denied 138 - Procedure where he appears to show cause 139 - Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert 140 - Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc 141 - Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience 142 - Injunction pending inquiry 143 - Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance 144 - Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger 145 - Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace 146 - Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver 147 - Dispute concerning right of use of land or water 148 - Local inquiry 149 - Police to prevent cognizable offences 150 - Information of design to commit cognizable offences 151 - Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences 152 - Prevention of injury to public property 153 - Inspection of weights and measures 154 - Information in cognizable cases 155 - Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases 156 - Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case 157 - Procedure for investigation 158 - Report how submitted 159 - Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry 160 - Police officer’s power to require attendance of witnesses 161 - Examination of witnesses by police 163 - No inducement to be offered 164 - Recording of confessions and statements 165 - Search by police officer 166 - When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant 167 - Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twentyfour hours 168 - Report of investigation by subordinate police officer 169 - Release of accused when evidence deficient 170 - Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient 171 - Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint 172 - Diary of proceedings in investigation 173 - Report of police officer on completion of investigation 174 - Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc 175 - Power to summon persons 176 - Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death 177 - Ordinary place of inquiry and trial 178 - Place of inquiry or trial 179 - Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues 180 - Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence 181 - Place of trial in case of certain offences 182 - Offences committed by letters, etc 183 - Offence committed on journey or voyage 184 - Place of trial for offences triable together.- Where 185 - Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions 186 - High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place 187 - Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction 188 - Offence committed outside India 189 - Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India 190 - Cognizance of offences by Magistrates 191 - Transfer on application of the accused 192 - Making over of cases to Magistrates 193 - Cognizance of offences by Courts of Session 194 - Additional and Assistant Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them 195 - Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence 196 - Prosecution for offences against the State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence 197 - Prosecution of Judges and public servants 198 - Prosecution for offences against marriage 199 - Prosecution for defamation 200 - Examination of complainant 201 - Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of the case 202 - Postponement of issue of process 203 - Dismissal of complaint 204 - Issue of process 205 - Magistrate may dispense with personal attendance of accused 206 - Special summons in cases of petty offence 207 - Supply to the accused of copy of police report and other documents 208 - Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session 209 - Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it 210 - Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of the same offence 211 - Contents of charge 212 - Particulars as to time, place and person 213 - When manner of committing offence must be stated 214 - Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable 215 - Effect of errors 216 - Court may alter charge 217 - Recall of witnesses when charge altered 218 - Separate charges for distinct offences 219 - Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together 220 - Trial for more than one offence 221 - Trial for more than one offence-1 222 - When offence proved included in offence charged 223 - What persons may be charged jointly 224 - Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges 225 - Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor 226 - Opening case for prosecution 227 - Discharge 228 - Framing of charge 229 - Conviction on plea of guilty 230 - Date for prosecution evidence 231 - Evidence for prosecution 232 - Acquittal 233 - Entering upon defence 234 - Arguments 235 - Judgment of acquittal of conviction 236 - Previous conviction 237 - Procedure in cases instituted under section 199(2) 238 - Compliance with section 207 239 - When accused shall be discharged 240 - Framing of charge 241 - Conviction on plea of guilty 242 - Evidence for prosecution 243 - Evidence for defence 244 - Evidence for prosecution 245 - When accused shall be discharged 246 - Procedure where accused is not discharged 247 - Evidence for defence 248 - Acquittal or conviction 249 - Absence of complainant 250 - Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause 251 - Substance of accusation to be stated 252 - Conviction on plea of guilty 253 - Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases 254 - Procedure when not convicted 255 - Acquittal or conviction 256 - Non-appearance or death of complainant 257 - Withdrawal of complaint 258 - Power to stop proceedings in certain cases 259 - Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases 260 - Power to try summarily 261 - Summary trial by Magistrate of the second class 262 - Procedure for summary trials 263 - Record in summary trials 264 - Judgment in cases tried summarily 265 - Language of record and judgment 266 - Definitions 267 - Power to require attendance of prisoners 268 - Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 267 269 - Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies 270 - Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody 271 - Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison 272 - Language of Courts 273 - Evidence to be taken in presence of accused 274 - Record in summons cases and inquiries 275 - Record in warrant-cases 276 - Record in trial before Court of Session 277 - Language of record of evidence 278 - Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed 279 - Interpretation of evidence to accused or his pleader 280 - Remarks respecting demeanour of witness 281 - Record of examination of accused 282 - Interpreter to be bound to interpret truthfully 283 - Record in High Court 284 - When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued 285 - Commission to whom to be issued 286 - Execution of commissions 287 - Parties may examine witnesses 288 - Return of commission 289 - Adjournment of proceeding 290 - Execution of foreign commissions 291 - Deposition of medical witness 292 - Evidence of the officers of the Mint 293 - Reports of certain Government scientific experts 294 - No formal proof of certain documents 295 - Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servant 296 - Evidence of formal character on affidavit 297 - Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn 298 - Previous conviction or acquittal how proved 299 - Record of evidence in absence of accused 300 - Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence 301 - Appearance by Public Prosecutors 302 - Permission to conduct prosecution 303 - Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended 304 - Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases 305 - Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused 306 - Tender of pardon to accomplice 307 - Power to direct tender of pardon 308 - Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon 309 - Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings 310 - Local inspection 311 - Power to summon material witness, or examine person present 312 - Expenses of complainants and witnesses 313 - Power to examine the accused 314 - Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments 315 - Accused person to be competent witness 316 - No influence to be used to induce disclosure 317 - Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases 318 - Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings 319 - Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence 320 - Compounding of offences 321 - Withdrawal from prosecution 322 - Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose 323 - Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed 324 - Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property 325 - Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe 326 - Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another 327 - Court to be open 328 - Procedure in case of accused being lunatic 329 - Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court 330 - Release of lunatic pending investigation or trial 331 - Resumption of inquiry or trial 332 - Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court 333 - When accused appears to have been of sound mind 334 - Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind 335 - Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody 336 - Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge 337 - Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence 338 - Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released 339 - Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend 340 - Procedure in cases mentioned in section 195 341 - Appeal 342 - Power to order costs 343 - Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance 344 - Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence 345 - Procedure in certain cases of contempt 346 - Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 345 347 - When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court 348 - Discharge of offender on submission of apology 349 - Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document 350 - Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons 351 - Appeals from convictions under sections 344, 345, 349 and 350 352 - Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves 353 - Judgment 354 - Language and contents of judgment 355 - Metropolitan Magistrates judgment 356 - Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender 357 - Order to pay compensation 358 - Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested 359 - Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases 360 - Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition 361 - Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases.- Where in any case the Court could have dealt with 362 - Court not to alter judgment 363 - Copy of judgment to be given to the accused and other persons 364 - Judgment when to be translated 365 - Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate 366 - Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation 367 - Power to direct further inquiry to be made or additional evidence to be taken 368 - Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction 369 - Confirmation or new sentence to be signed by two Judges 370 - Procedure in case of difference of opinion 371 - Procedure in cases submitted to High Court for confirmation 372 - No appeals to lie unless otherwise provided 373 - Appeal from orders requiring security or refusal to accept or rejecting surety for keeping peace or good behaviour 374 - Appeals from convictions 375 - No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty 376 - No appeal in petty cases 377 - Appeal by the State Government against sentence 378 - Appeal in case of acquittal 379 - Appeal against conviction by High Court in certain cases 380 - Special right of appeal in certain cases 381 - Appeal to Court of Session how heard 382 - Petition of appeal 383 - Procedure when appellant in jail 384 - Summary dismissal of appeal 385 - Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily 386 - Powers of the Appellate Court 387 - Judgments of subordinate Appellate Court 388 - Order of High Court on appeal to be certified to lower Court 389 - Suspension of sentence pending the appeal; release of appellant on bail 390 - Arrest of accused in appeal from acquittal 391 - Appellate Court may take further evidence or direct it to be taken 392 - Procedure where Judges of Court of Appeal are equally divided 393 - Finality of judgments and orders on appeal 394 - Abatement of appeal 395 - Reference to High Court 396 - Disposal of case according to decision of High Court 397 - Calling for records to exercise powers of revision 398 - Power to order inquiry 399 - Sessions Judges powers of revision 400 - Power of Additional Sessions Judge 401 - High Courts powers of revision 402 - Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases 403 - Option of Court to hear parties 404 - Statement by Metropolitan Magistrate of grounds of his decision to be considered by High Court 405 - High Courts order to be certified to lower Court 406 - Power to Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals 407 - Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals 408 - Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals 409 - Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges 410 - Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates 411 - Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates 412 - Reasons to be recorded 413 - Execution of order passed under section 368 414 - Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court 415 - Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court 416 - Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman 417 - Power to appoint place of imprisonment 418 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment 419 - Direction of warrant for execution 420 - Warrant with whom to be lodged 427 - Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence 428 - Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment 429 - Saving 430 - Return of warrant on execution of sentence 431 - Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine 432 - Power to suspend or remit sentences 433 - Power to commute sentence 434 - Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences 435 - State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases 436 - In what cases bail to be taken 437 - When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence 438 - Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest 440 - Amount of bond and reduction thereof 441 - Bond of accused and sureties 442 - Discharge from custody 443 - Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken in insufficient 444 - Discharge of sureties 445 - Deposit instead of recognizance 446 - Procedure when bond has been forfeited 447 - Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited 448 - Bond required from minor 449 - Appeal from orders under section 446 450 - Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances 451 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases 452 - Order for disposal of property at conclusion of trial 453 - Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused 454 - Appeal against orders under section 452 or section 453 455 - Destruction of libellous and other matter 456 - Power to restore possession of immovable property 457 - Procedure by Police upon seizure of property 458 - Procedure where no claimant appears within six months 459 - Power to sell perishable property 460 - Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings 461 - Irregularities which vitiate proceedings 462 - Proceedings in wrong place 463 - Non-compliance with provisions of section 164 or section 281 464 - Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge 465 - Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity 466 - Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful 467 - Definitions 468 - Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation 469 - Commencement of the period of limitation 470 - Exclusion of time in certain cases 471 - Exclusion of date on which Court is closed 472 - Continuing offence 473 - Extension of period of limitation in certain cases 474 - Trials before High Courts 475 - Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial 476 - Forms 477 - Power of High Court to make rules 478 - Power to alter functions allocated to judicial and Executive Magistrates in certain cases 479 - Case in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested 480 - Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts 481 - Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property 482 - Saving of inherent powers of High Court 483 - Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts of Judicial Magistrates 484 - Repeal and savings
