Preamble 1  -             THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973

Chapter 1  -             PRELIMINARY

Section 1  -             Short title, extent and commencement

Section 2  -             Definitions

Section 3  -             Construction of references

Section 4  -             Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws

Section 5  -             Saving

Chapter 2  -             CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Section 6  -             Classes of Criminal Courts

Section 7  -             Territorial divisions

Section 8  -             Metropolitan areas

Section 9  -             Court of Session

Section 10  -             Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges

Section 11  -             Courts of Judicial Magistrates

Section 12  -             Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc.

Section 13  -             Special Judicial Magistrates

Section 14  -             Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates

Section 15  -             Subordination of Judicial Magistrates

Section 16  -             Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates

Section 17  -             Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

Section 18  -             Special Metropolitan Magistrates

Section 19  -             Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates

Section 20  -             Executive Magistrates

Section 21  -             Special Executive Magistrates

Section 22  -             Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates

Section 23  -             Subordination of Executive Magistrates

Section 24  -             Public Prosecutors

Section 25  -             Assistant Public Prosecutors

Section 25A  -             Directorate of Prosecution

Chapter 3  -             POWER OF COURTS

Section 26  -             Courts by which offences are triable

Section 27  -             Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles

Section 28  -             Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass

Section 29  -             Sentences which Magistrates may pass

Section 30  -             Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine

Section 31  -             Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial

Section 32  -             Mode of conferring powers

Section 33  -             Powers of officers appointed

Section 34  -             Withdrawal of powers

Section 35  -             Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office

Chapter 4  -             A.--POWERS OF SUPERIORS OFFICERS OF POLICE : B.--AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND POLICE

Section 36  -             Powers of superior officers of police : Powers of superior officers of police

Section 37 to 40  -             Aid to the Magistrates and the Police

Section 37  -             Public when to assist Magistrates and police

Section 38  -             Aid to person other than police officer, executing warrant

Section 39  -             Public to give information of certain offences

Section 40  -             Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report

Chapter 5  -             ARREST OF PERSONS

Section 41  -             When police may arrest without warrant

Section 41A  -             Notice of appearance before police officer

Section 41B  -             Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

Section 41C  -             Control room at districts

Section 41D  -             Right of arrested person to meet an advocated of his choice during interrogation

Section 42  -             Arrest on refusal to give name and residence

Section 43  -             Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest

Section 44  -             Arrest by Magistrate

Section 45  -             Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest

Section 46  -             Arrest how made

Section 47  -             Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested

Section 48  -             Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions

Section 49  -             No unnecessary restraint

Section 50  -             Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail

Section 50A  -             Obligation of person making arrest to inform about the arrest to inform about the arrest, etc., to a nominated person

Section 51  -             Search of arrested persons

Section 52  -             Power to seize offensive weapons

Section 53  -             Examination of accused by medical practitioner at the request of police officer

Section 53A  -             Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner

Section 54  -             Examination of arrested person by medical officer

Section 54A  -             Identification of person arrested

Section 55  -             Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant

Section 55A  -             Health and safety of arrested person

Section 56  -             Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station

Section 57  -             Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours

Section 58  -             Police to report apprehensions

Section 59  -             Discharge of person apprehended

Section 60  -             Powers, on escape, to pursue and re-take

Section 60A  -             Arrest to be made strictly according to the code

Chapter 6  -             PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE

Section 61 to 69  -             Summons

Section 61  -             Form of summons

Section 62  -             Summons how served

Section 63  -             Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies

Section 64  -             Service when persons summoned cannot be found

Section 65  -             Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided

Section 66  -             Service on Government servant

Section 67  -             Service of summons outside local limits

Section 68  -             Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present

Section 69  -             Service of summons on witness by post

Section 70 to 81  -             Warrant of Arrest

Section 70  -             Form of warrant of arrest and duration

Section 71  -             Power to direct security to be taken

Section 72  -             Warrants to whom directed

Section 73  -             Warrant may be directed to any person

Section 74  -             Warrant directed to police officer

Section 75  -             Notification of substance of warrant

Section 76  -             Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay

Section 77  -             Where warrant may be executed

Section 78  -             Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction

Section 79  -             Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction

Section 80  -             Procedure of arrest of person against whom warrant issued

Section 81  -             Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought

Section 82 to 86  -             Proclamation and Attachment

Section 82  -             Proclamation for person absconding

Section 83  -             Attachment of property of person absconding

Section 84  -             Claims and objections to attachment

Section 85  -             Release, sale and restoration of attached property

Section 86  -             Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property

Section 87 to 90  -             Other rules regarding processes

Section 87  -             Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons

Section 88  -             Power to take bond for appearance

Section 89  -             Arrest on breach of bond for appearance

Section 90  -             Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest

Chapter 7  -             PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS

Section 91 to 92  -             Summons to produce

Section 91  -             Summons to produce document or other thing

Section 92  -             Procedure as to letters and telegrams

Section 93 to 98  -             Search-Warrants

Section 93  -             When search-warrant may be issued

Section 94  -             Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc

Section 95  -             Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for the same

Section 96  -             Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture

Section 97  -             Search for persons wrongfully confined

Section 98  -             Power to compel restoration of abducted females

Section 99 to 101  -             General provisions relating to searches

Section 99  -             Direction, etc., of search-warrants

Section 100  -             Persons in charge of closed place to allow search

Section 101  -             Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction

Section 102 to 105  -             Miscelleneous

Section 102  -             Power of police officer to seize certain property

Section 103  -             Magistrate may direct search in his presence

Section 104  -             Power to impound document, etc., produced

Section 105  -             Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes

Chapter 7A  -             RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY

Section 105A  -             Definitions

Section 105B  -             Assistance in securing transfer of persons

Section 105C  -             Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property

Section 105D  -             Identifying unlawfully acquired property

Section 105E  -             Seizure or attachment of property

Section 105F  -             Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter

Section 105G  -             Notice of forfeiture of property

Section 105H  -             Forfeiture of property in certain cases

Section 105I  -             Fine in lieu of forfeiture

Section 105J  -             Certain transfers to be null and void

Section 105K  -             Procedure in respect of letter of request

Section 105L  -             Application of this Chapter

Chapter 8  -             SECURITY FOR KEEPING THE PEACE AND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR

Section 106  -             Security for keeping the peace on conviction

Section 107  -             Security for keeping the peace in other cases

Section 108  -             Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating seditious matters

Section 109  -             Security for good behaviour from suspected persons

Section 110  -             Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders

Section 111  -             Order to be made

Section 112  -             Procedure in respect of person present in Court

Section 113  -             Summons or warrant in case of person not so present

Section 114  -             Copy of order to accompany summons or warrant

Section 115  -             Power to dispense with personal attendance

Section 116  -             Inquiry as to truth of information

Section 117  -             Order to give security

Section 118  -             Discharge of person informed against

Section 119  -             Commencement of period for which security is required

Section 120  -             Contents of bond

Section 121  -             Power to reject sureties

Section 122  -             Imprisonment in default of security

Section 123  -             Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security

Section 124  -             Security for unexpired period of bond

Chapter 9  -             ORDER FOR MAINTENANCE OF WIVES, CHILDREN AND PARENTS

Section 125  -             Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents

Section 126  -             Procedure

Section 127  -             Alteration in allowance

Section 128  -             Enforcement of order of maintenance

Chapter 10  -             MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY

Section 129 to 132  -             Unlawful Assemblies

Section 129  -             Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force

Section 130  -             Use of armed forces to disperse assembly

Section 131  -             Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly

Section 132  -             Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections

Section 133 to 143  -             Public nuisances

Section 133  -             Conditional order for removal of nuisance

Section 134  -             Service or notification of order

Section 135  -             Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause

Section 136  -             Consequences of his failing to do so

Section 137  -             Procedure where existence of public right is denied

Section 138  -             Procedure where he appears to show cause

Section 139  -             Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert

Section 140  -             Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc

Section 141  -             Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience

Section 142  -             Injunction pending inquiry

Section 143  -             Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance

Section 144 to 144A  -             Urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger

Section 144  -             Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger

Section 144A  -             Power to prohibit carrying arms in procession or mass drill or mass training with arms

Section 145 to 148  -             Disputes as to immovable property

Section 145  -             Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace

Section 146  -             Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver

Section 147  -             Dispute concerning right of use of land or water

Section 148  -             Local inquiry

Chapter 11  -             PREVENTIVE ACTION OF THE POLICE

Section 149  -             Police to prevent cognizable offences

Section 150  -             Information of design to commit cognizable offences

Section 151  -             Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences

Section 152  -             Prevention of injury to public property

Section 153  -             Inspection of weights and measures

Chapter 12  -             INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE

Section 154  -             Information in cognizable cases

Section 155  -             Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases

Section 156  -             Police officer's power to investigate cognizable cases

Section 157  -             Procedure for investigation

Section 158  -             Report how submitted

Section 159  -             Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry

Section 160  -             Police Officer's power to require attendance of witnesses

Section 161  -             Examination of witnesses by police

Section 162  -             Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence

Section 163  -             No inducement to be offered

Section 164  -             Recording of confessions and statements

Section 164A  -             Medical examination of the victim of rape

Section 165  -             Search by police officer

Section 166  -             When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant

Section 166A  -             Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India

Section 166B  -             Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India

Section 167  -             Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours

Section 168  -             Report of investigation by subordinate police officer

Section 169  -             Release of accused when evidence deficient

Section 170  -             Cases to be sent to Magistrate when evidence is sufficient

Section 171  -             Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint

Section 172  -             Diary of proceedings in investigation

Section 173  -             Report of police officer on completion of investigation

Section 174  -             Police to inquire and report on suicide, etc.

Section 175  -             Power to summon persons

Section 176  -             Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death

Chapter 13  -             JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 177  -             Ordinary place of inquiry and trial

Section 178  -             Place of inquiry or trial

Section 179  -             Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues

Section 180  -             Place of trial where act is offence by reason of relation to other offence

Section 181  -             Place of trial in case of certain offences

Section 182  -             Offences committed by letters, etc

Section 183  -             Offence committed on journey or voyage

Section 184  -             Place of trial for offences triable together

Section 185  -             Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions

Section 186  -             High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place

Section 187  -             Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction

Section 188  -             Offence committed outside India

Section 189  -             Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India

Chapter 14  -             CONDITIONS REQUISITE FOR INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS

Section 190  -             Cognizance of offences by Magistrates

Section 191  -             Transfer on application of the accused

Section 192  -             Making over of cases to Magistrates

Section 193  -             Cognizance of offences by Courts of Session

Section 194  -             Additional and Assistant Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them

Section 195  -             Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence

Section 195A  -             Procedure for witnesses in the case of threatening, etc.

Section 196  -             Prosecution for offences against the State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence

Section 197  -             Prosecution of Judges and public servants

Section 198  -             Prosecution for offences against marriage

Section 198A  -             Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code

Section 198B  -             Cognizance of offence

Section 199  -             Prosecution for defamation

Chapter 15  -             COMPLAINTS TO MAGISTRATES

Section 200  -             Examination of complainant

Section 201  -             Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of the case

Section 202  -             Postponement of issue of process

Section 203  -             Dismissal of complaint

Chapter 16  -             COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTRATES

Section 204  -             Issue of process

Section 205  -             Magistrate may dispense with personal attendance of accused

Section 206  -             Special summons in cases of petty offence

Section 207  -             Supply to the accused of copy of police report and other documents

Section 208  -             Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session

Section 209  -             Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it

Section 210  -             Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of the same offence

Chapter 17  -             THE CHARGE

Section 211 to 217  -             Form of charges

Section 211  -             Contents of charge

Section 212  -             Particulars as to time, place and person

Section 213  -             When manner of committing offence must be stated

Section 214  -             Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable

Section 215  -             Effect of errors

Section 216  -             Court may alter charge

Section 217  -             Recall of witnesses when charge altered

Section 218 to 224  -             Joinder of Charges

Section 218  -             Separate charges for distinct offences

Section 219  -             Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together

Section 220  -             Trial for more than one offence

Section 221  -             Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed

Section 222  -             When offence proved included in offence charged

Section 223  -             What persons may be charged jointly

Section 224  -             Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges

Chapter 18  -             TRIAL BEFORE A COURT OF SESSION

Section 225  -             Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor

Section 226  -             Opening case for prosecution

Section 227  -             Discharge

Section 228  -             Framing of charge

Section 229  -             Conviction on plea of guilty

Section 230  -             Date for prosecution evidence

Section 231  -             Evidence for prosecution

Section 232  -             Acquittal

Section 233  -             Entering upon defence

Section 234  -             Arguments

Section 235  -             Judgment of acquittal or conviction

Section 236  -             Previous conviction

Section 237  -             Procedure in cases instituted under section 199(2)

Chapter 19  -             TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

Section 238 to 243  -             Cases instituted on a police report

Section 238  -             Compliance with section 207

Section 239  -             When accused shall be discharged

Section 240  -             Framing of charge

Section 241  -             Conviction on plea of guilty

Section 242  -             Evidence for prosecution

Section 243  -             Evidence for defence

Section 244 to 247  -             Cases instituted otherwise than on police report

Section 244  -             Evidence for prosecution

Section 245  -             When accused shall be discharged

Section 246  -             Procedure where accused is not discharged

Section 247  -             Evidence for defence

Section 248 to 250  -             Conclusion of trial

Section 248  -             Acquittal or conviction

Section 249  -             Absence of complainant

Section 250  -             Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause

Chapter 20  -             TRIAL OF SUMMONS-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

Section 251  -             Substance of accusation to be stated

Section 252  -             Conviction on plea of guilty

Section 253  -             Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases

Section 254  -             Procedure when not convicted

Section 255  -             Acquittal or conviction

Section 256  -             Non-appearance or death of complainant

Section 257  -             Withdrawal of complaint

Section 258  -             Power to stop proceedings in certain cases

Section 259  -             Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant cases

Chapter 21  -             SUMMARY TRIALS

Section 260  -             Power to try summarily

Section 261  -             Summary trial by Magistrate of the second class

Section 262  -             Procedure for summary trials

Section 263  -             Record in summary trials

Section 264  -             Judgment in cases tried summarily

Section 265  -            

Chapter 21A  -             PLEA BARGAINING

Section 265A  -             Application of the Chapter

Section 265B  -             Application for plea bargaining

Section 265C  -             Guidelines for mutually satisfactory disposition

Section 265D  -             Report of the mutually satisfactory disposition to be submitted before the Court

Section 265E  -             Disposal of the case

Section 265F  -             Judgment of the Court

Section 265G  -             Finality of the judgment

Section 265H  -             Power of the Court in plea bargaining

Section 265I  -             Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment

Section 265J  -             Savings

Section 265K  -             Statements of accused not to be used

Section 265L  -             Non-application of the Chapter

Chapter 22  -             ATTENDANCE OF PERSONS CONFINED OR DETAINED IN PRISONS

Section 266  -             Definitions

Section 267  -             Power to require attendance of prisoners

Section 268  -             Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 267

Section 269  -             Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies

Section 270  -             Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody

Section 271  -             Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison

Chapter 23  -             EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 272 to 283  -             Mode of taking and recording evidence

Section 272  -             Language of Courts

Section 273  -             Evidence to be taken in presence of accused

Section 274  -             Record in summons-cases and inquiries

Section 275  -             Record in warrant-cases

Section 276  -             Record in trial before Court of Session

Section 277  -             Language of record of evidence

Section 278  -             Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed

Section 279  -             Interpretation of evidence to accused or his pleader

Section 280  -             Remarks respecting demeanour of witness

Section 281  -             Record of examination of accused

Section 282  -             Interpreter to be bound to interpret truthfully

Section 283  -             Record in High Court

Section 284 to 299  -             Commissions for the examination of witnesses

Section 284  -             When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued

Section 285  -             Commission to whom to be issued

Section 286  -             Execution of commissions

Section 287  -             Parties may examine witnesses

Section 288  -             Return of commission

Section 289  -             Adjournment of proceeding

Section 290  -             Execution of foreign commissions

Section 291  -             Deposition of medical witness

Section 291A  -             Identification report of Magistrate

Section 292  -             Evidence of officers of the Mint

Section 293  -             Reports of certain Government scientific experts

Section 294  -             No formal proof of certain documents

Section 295  -             Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants

Section 296  -             Evidence of formal character on affidavit

Section 297  -             Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn

Section 298  -             Previous conviction of acquittal how proved

Section 299  -             Record of evidence in absence of accused

Chapter 24  -             GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 300  -             Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence

Section 301  -             Appearance by public prosecutors

Section 302  -             Permission to conduct prosecution

Section 303  -             Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended

Section 304  -             Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases

Section 305  -             Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused

Section 306  -             Tender of pardon to accomplish

Section 307  -             Power to direct tender of pardon

Section 308  -             Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon

Section 309  -             Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings

Section 310  -             Local inspection

Section 311  -             Power to summon material witness, or examine person present

Section 311A  -             Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signature

Section 312  -             Expenses of complainants and witnesses

Section 313  -             Power to examine the accused

Section 314  -             Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments

Section 315  -             Accused person to be competent witness

Section 316  -             No influence to be used to induce disclosure

Section 317  -             Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases

Section 318  -             Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Section 319  -             Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence

Section 320  -             Compounding of offences

Section 321  -             Withdrawal from prosecution

Section 322  -             Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of

Section 323  -             Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed

Section 324  -             Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp law or property

Section 325  -             Procedure when Magistrate can not pass sentence sufficiently severe

Section 326  -             Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another

Section 327  -             Court to be open

Chapter 25  -             PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND

Section 328  -             Procedure in case of accused being lunatic

Section 329  -             Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court

Section 330  -             Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation of trial

Section 331  -             Resumption of inquiry or trial

Section 332  -             Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court

Section 333  -             When accused appears to have been of sound mind

Section 334  -             Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind

Section 335  -             Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody

Section 336  -             Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge

Section 337  -             Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence

Section 338  -             Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released

Section 339  -             Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend

Chapter 26  -             PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Section 340  -             Procedure in cases mentioned in section 195

Section 341  -             Appeal

Section 342  -             Power to order Court

Section 343  -             Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance

Section 344  -             Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence

Section 345  -             Procedure in certain cases of contempt

Section 346  -             Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 345

Section 347  -             When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court

Section 348  -             Discharge of offender on submission of apology

Section 349  -             Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document

Section 350  -             Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons

Section 351  -             Appeals from convictions under sections 344, 345, 349 and 350

Section 352  -             Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves

Chapter 27  -             THE JUDGEMENT

Section 353  -             Judgment

Section 354  -             Language and contents of judgment

Section 355  -             Metropolitan Magistrate's Judgment

Section 356  -             Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender

Section 357  -             Order to pay compensation

Section 357A  -             Victim compensation scheme-

Section 357B  -             Compensation to be in addition to fine under section 326A or section 376D or Indian Penal Code

Section 357C  -             Treatment of victims

Section 358  -             Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested

Section 359  -             Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases

Section 360  -             Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition

Section 361  -             Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases

Section 362  -             Court not to alter judgment

Section 363  -             Copy of judgment to be given to the accused and other persons

Section 364  -             Judgment when to be translated

Section 365  -             Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate

Chapter 28  -             SUBMISSION OF DEATH SENTENCES FOR CONFIRMATION

Section 366  -             Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation

Section 367  -             Power to direct further inquiry to be made or additional evidence to be taken

Section 368  -             Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction

Section 369  -             Confirmation or new sentence to be signed by two Judges

Section 370  -             Procedure in case of difference of opinion

Section 371  -             Procedure in cases submitted to High Court for confirmation

Chapter 29  -             APPEALS

Section 372  -             No appeal to lie unless otherwise provided

Section 373  -             Appeal from orders requiring security or refusal to accept or rejecting surety for keeping peace or good behaviour

Section 374  -             Appeals from convictions

Section 375  -             No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty

Section 376  -             No appeal in petty cases

Section 377  -             Appeal by the State Government against sentence

Section 378  -             Appeal in case of acquittal

Section 379  -             Appeal against conviction by High Court in certain cases

Section 380  -             Special right of appeal in certain cases

Section 381  -             Appeal to Court of Session how heard

Section 382  -             Petition of appeal

Section 383  -             Procedure when appellant in jail

Section 384  -             Summary dismissal of appeal

Section 385  -             Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily

Section 386  -             Powers of the Appellate Court

Section 387  -             Judgments of subordinate Appellate Court

Section 388  -             Order of High Court on appeal to be certified to lower Court

Section 389  -             Suspension of sentence pending the appeal; release of appellant on bail

Section 390  -             Arrest of accused in appeal from acquittal

Section 391  -             Appellate Court may take further evidence or direct it to be taken

Section 392  -             Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided

Section 393  -             Finality of judgments and orders on appeal

Section 394  -             Abatement of appeals

Chapter 30  -             REFERENCE AND REVISION

Section 395  -             Reference to High Court

Section 396  -             Disposal of case according to decision of High Court

Section 397  -             Calling for records to exercise powers of revision

Section 398  -             Power to order inquiry

Section 399  -             Sessions Judge's powers of revision

Section 400  -             Power of Additional Sessions Judge

Section 401  -             High Court's powers of revision

Section 402  -             Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases

Section 403  -             Option of Court to hear parties

Section 404  -             Statement by Metropolitan Magistrate of grounds of his decision to be considered by High Court

Section 405  -             High Court's order to be certified to lower Court

Chapter 31  -             TRANSFER OF CRIMINAL CASES

Section 406  -             Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals

Section 407  -             Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals

Section 408  -             Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals

Section 409  -             Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges

Section 410  -             Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates

Section 411  -             Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates

Section 412  -             Reasons to be recorded

Chapter 32  -             EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES

Section 413 to 416  -             Death Sentences

Section 413  -             Execution of order passed under section 368

Section 414  -             Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court

Section 415  -             Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court

Section 416  -             Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman

Section 417 to 420  -             Imprisonment

Section 417  -             Power to appoint place of imprisonment

Section 418  -             Execution of sentence of imprisonment

Section 419  -             Direction of warrant for execution

Section 420  -             Warrant with whom to be lodged

Section 421 to 424  -             Levy of fine

Section 421  -             Warrant for levy of fine

Section 422  -             Effect of such warrant

Section 423  -             Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Code does not extend

Section 424  -             Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment

Section 425 to 431  -             General provisions regarding execution

Section 425  -             Who may issue warrant

Section 426  -             Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect

Section 427  -             Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence

Section 428  -             Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment

Section 429  -             Saving

Section 430  -             Return of warrant on execution of sentence

Section 431  -             Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine

Section 432 to 435  -             Suspension, remission and comutation of sentences

Section 432  -             Power to suspend or remit sentences

Section 433  -             Power to commute sentence

Section 433A  -             Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases

Section 434  -             Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences

Section 435  -             State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases

Chapter 33  -             PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS

Section 436  -             In what cases bail to be taken

Section 436A  -             Maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained

Section 437  -             When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence

Section 437A  -             Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court

Section 438  -             Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest

Section 439  -             Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail

Section 440  -             Amount of bond and reduction thereof

Section 441  -             Bond of accused and sureties

Section 441A  -             Declaration by sureties

Section 442  -             Discharge from custody

Section 443  -             Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient

Section 444  -             Discharge of sureties

Section 445  -             Deposit instead of recognizance

Section 446  -             Procedure when bond has been forfeited

Section 446A  -             Cancellation of bond and bailbond

Section 447  -             Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited

Section 448  -             Bond required from minor

Section 449  -             Appeal from orders under section 446

Section 450  -             Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances

Chapter 34  -             DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY

Section 451  -             Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases

Section 452  -             Order for disposal of property at conclusion of trial

Section 453  -             Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused

Section 454  -             Appeal against orders under section 452 or section 453

Section 455  -             Destruction of libellous and other matter

Section 456  -             Power to restore possession of immovable property

Section 457  -             Procedure by police upon seizure of property

Section 458  -             Procedure when no claimant appears within six months

Section 459  -             Power to sell perishable property

Chapter 35  -             IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

Section 460  -             Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings

Section 461  -             Irregularities which vitiate proceedings

Section 462  -             Proceedings in wrong place

Section 463  -             Non-compliance with provisions of section 164 or section 281

Section 464  -             Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge

Section 465  -             Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity

Section 466  -             Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful

Chapter 36  -             LIMITATION FOR TAKING COGNIZANCE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES

Section 467  -             Definitions

Section 468  -             Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation

Section 469  -             Commencement of the period of limitation

Section 470  -             Exclusion of time in certain cases

Section 471  -             Exclusion of date on which Court is closed

Section 472  -             Continuing offence

Section 473  -             Extension of period of limitation in certain cases

Chapter 37  -             MISCELLANEOUS

Section 474  -             Trials before High Court

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

Section 476  -             Forms

Section 477  -             Power of High Court to make rules

Section 478  -             Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrates in certain cases

Section 479  -             Cases in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested

Section 480  -             Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts

Section 481  -             Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property

Section 482  -             Saving of inherent power of High Court

Section 483  -             Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts of Judicial Magistrates

Section 484  -             Repeal and savings

Schedule 1  -             THE FIRST SCHEDULE

Schedule 1  -             THE FIRST SCHEDULE (Chapter XI to XIX)

Schedule 1  -             THE FIRST SCHEDULE (Chapter XX to XXIII)

Schedule 2  -             THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Amending Act 1  -             CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001

Amending Act 2  -             CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) Act, 2005

Amending Act 3  -             CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

Amending Act 4  -             CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) AMENDING ACT, 2006

Statement of Objects and Reasons   -             CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973