IPC & Cr.

PC
Shankar Bose
Inspector of Incometax
MSTU, Puri

Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

Punishment of offences
committed within India-Section
2

Every person shall be punishable for

punishment under this Code for
every act of omission / commission
contrary to the provisions thereof, of
which he shall be guilty within India

Lists out offences which are

punishable--

Kidnapping S.359
Abduction S.362
Theft S.378
House Breaking S.445
Punishment S. 453

Non-attendance in obedience
to an order from public servant
S. 174

Whoever being legally bound to attend in

person or by an agent at a certain place and
time in obedience to a summons, notice order
from any public servant legally competent
to issue the same intentionally omits to
attend at that place of time, or departs from
the place where he is bound to attend before
the time at which it is lawful for him to
depart- shall be punished with simple
imprisonment - 1 month - fine

Omission to produce documents /

electronic record before public servant
by person legally bound to produce it
S.175

Whoever is legally bound to produce or

deliver up any document to public
servant intentionally omits to produce
or deliver up the same punishment
simple imprisonment - fine

Public Servant S.21

The words public servant denote a

person falling under any of the
descriptions following:

Commission Officer
Judge
Every officer of the Court
Every person holding any office ------

Document-S.29

The word document denotes any

matter expressed or described upon
any substance by means of letters ,
figures or marks, or by more than
one of these means, intended to be
used in evidence of that matter.

Reason to believe Section

26

A person is said to have reason to

believe a thing, if he has sufficient
cause to believe that thing but not
otherwise.

Good Faith-S.52

Nothing is said to be done or believed

in good faith, which is done or believed
without due care and attention

Reason to Believe S.26

A person is said to have reason to

believe a thing, if he has sufficient
cause to believe that but nothing
otherwise.

Salient Points

Illegal / Legally bound to do: The

word illegal is applicable to everything
which is an offence or which is
prohibited by law, or which furnishes
ground for a civil action; and a person is
legally bound to do whatever is illegal
in him to omit.

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Oath-S.51

The word oath includes a solemn

affirmation substituted by law for an
oath and any declaration required or
authorized by law to be made before a
public servant or to be used for the
purpose of proof, whether in a court of
justice or not.

Chapter XVIII: Offences relating

to documents and to property
marks

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Section 4 of Cr. PC

All offences under the IPC shall be

investigated, inquired into, tried and
otherwise dealt with, in accordance with
the provisions hereinafter contained---

Classes of Criminal CourtsS.6

Besides High Courts and Courts

constituted under the lawfollowing
classes of criminal courts

Courts of Session
JM-1st Class Metropolitan Magistrate
JM-IInd Class
Executive Magistrate

Public Prosecutor-S.24

Section 54

Examination of arrested person by a

medical practitioner at the request of
the arrested person

Parties may examine witness

S.287

Compounding of offences
S.320

Appeal-S.341

Cognizance of offences by
magistrate - S.190

Chapter V

Search of place entered by person

sought to be arrested

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Chapter VII

Processes to compel the production

of things

Persons in charge of closed place to

allow search

24

Whenever any place is liable to search

or inspection under this Chapter is
closed, any person residing in, or being
in charge of, such place, shall, on
demand of the officer or other person
executing the warrant, allow him free
ingress
thereto,
and
afford
all
reasonable facilities for a search therein.

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If ingress into such place cannot be obtained,

the officer or other person executing the
warrant may proceed in the manner provided
by sub-section (2) of section 47 of this Code.

Before making a search under this Chapter,

the officer or other persons about to make it
shall call upon to or more independent and
respectable inhabitants of the locality in
which the place to be searched is situate or
of any other locality if no such inhabitant of
the locality is available or is willing to be a
witness to the search to attend and witness
the search and may issue an order in writing
to them or any of them so to do.
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The search shall be made in their

presence, and a list of all things
seized in the course of such search
and of the places in which they are
respectively found shall be prepared
by such officer or other person and
signed by such witnesses; but no
person witnessing a search under this
section shall be required to attend
the Court as a witness of the search
unless specially summoned by it.
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The occupant of the place searched, or

some person in his behalf, shall, in
every instance, be permitted to attend
during the search, and a copy of the
list prepared under this section, signed
by the said witnesses, shall be
delivered to such occupant or person.

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Any person who, without reasonable

cause, refuses or neglects to attend and
witness a search under this section,
when called upon to do so by an order
in writing delivered or tendered to him,
shall be deemed to have committed an
offence under section 187 of the Indian
Penal Code (45 of 1860)29

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Section 131

Section 282

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Res Judicata S.11

No court shall try any issue in which

the matter directly and substantially
in issue has been similarly placed in a
former suit between the same parties

Arrest & Detention S.55

Detention & Release S.58

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