Tag: Criminal procedure Code

Local Jurisdictions of Court and Police

Author: Saksham Anand Sections 177 to 189 contained in Chapter XIII of Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (CrPC) defines the general principles for determining which shall be the proper court to inquire into or try an offence. The basic rule in the context of local Jurisdiction is contained in Section 177 which provides ordinarily ever offence

Charge and its necessary Provision

Author : R.Jenifer Ranjani Introduction: In a criminal trial the charge can be considered as the foundation of the accusation. The Term Charge has been defined in the Section 2 (b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 that, ‘charge’ includes any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one[1]. The purpose of

Mob Lynching: A Menace to Democracy

Author : Sudeep Chandra of Law College Dehradun Abstract: “A society with lynch culture need a big zoo not for the animals definitely bit for the very people themselves”. ‘We the people‘ – the opening words of the Constitution, the founding document of India – sums up the perception of society, of shared culture and