INTRODUCTION

UNIT-I
 CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
• Cognizable offence S. 2 (c)

• Non-cognizable offence S. 2 (l)

• Bailable offence S. 2(a)

• Non-bailable offence

• Compoundable/ Non-compoundable offence

 Manish Chandra v. State of Rajasthan 1990
 Ram Lal v. State of J&K AIR 1999
 State of UP v. Chandrika

• Summon case Section S 2(w)

• Warrant case S. 2 (x)

 Supreme Court

High Court

Session Judge/Additional Session Judge

HIERARCHY
Assistant Session Judge OF
Chief Judicial Magistrate/CMM
COURTS

Judicial Magistrate-I/MM

Judicial Magistrate-II
 SENTENCING POWER OF COURTS
(S.28, 29)
• Supreme Court- Any
• High Court- Any
• Session Judge/Additional Session Judge S.7, 8, 28(2)- Session Judge may pass any sentence
authorized by law but any death penalty shall be subjected to confirmation by high court under
Section 366 Cr.P.C.
• Assistant Session Judge S.28 (3)- Maximum Punishment upto 10 Years, Fine-No Limit
• Chief Judicial Magistrate S.29 (1)- Maximum Punishment upto 7 years, Fine-No limit
• Judicial Magistrate-I S.29 (2)- Maximum Punishment upto 3 years, Fine-upto 10,000
• Judicial Magistrate-II S.29 (3)- Maximum Punishment upto 1 year, Fine-upto 5,000
SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IN DEFAULT OF
FINE
(SECTION 30 READ WITH SECTIONS 64, 65 AND
67 OF IPC)
SENTENCES IN CASES OF CONVICTION
OF SEVERAL OFFENCES AT ONE TRIAL
(SECTION 31 READ WITH S.71 IPC)
Directorate of Public Prosecutor

Deputy Director/Chief Prosecutor

PUBLIC
Public Prosecutor
PROSECUTORS
[Sec. 2(u)]
Add. Public Prosecutor

Assistant Public Prosecutor

 CONTD…

• Appointment S.24 (4)

• Conflict S. 24 (4),(5)
• Qualifications 24(7)
• Special Public Prosecutor S.24 (8)
• Zahira Habibullah v. State of Gujarat
• Role of Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System
• Relevant Sections
Sections 225, 226, 321, 323, 377, 378, 436A, 437 CrPC
 CASE LAWS

• Nandan Paswan v. State of Bihar & Others, AIR 1983 SC 194

• Hitendra Vishnu Thakur v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1994 SC 2623
• Zahira Habibullah H. Sheikh v. State of Gujarat, (2004) 4 SCC 158
• R.K. Ananad v. Registrar of Delhi High Court, (2009) 8 SCC 106
• Sidhartha Vashisht @ Manu Sharma v. State of NCT Delhi, (2010) 6 SCC 1
• Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik and Others, 2013(1) SCALE 564
 CONTD…

• Lakshmana Rao Yadavalli & Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors, 2013 STPL(Web)
975 SC
• State of Bihar v. Ram Naresh Pandey, AIR 1957 SC 389
• Subhash Chander v. State, AIR 1980 SC 423
• State of UP v. John Mal (2004)
• Mohd. Shabuddin v. State of Bihar (2010)
• Power of Superior officers of Police S.36
 Sakiri Vasu v. Union of India 2007
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