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Civil offence, means an offence which is triable by a criminal court. [The Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1) (d); means an offence which is triable by a criminal court. Army Act, 1950, s. 3 (ii); means an offence which is triable by a criminal court Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (xii)]...
Bailable offence
Bailable offence, means an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule, or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force; and 'non-bailable a offence' means any other offence. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (a)]...
Accused person, a person accused of an offence
Accused person, 'a person accused of an offence', the expression, 'accused person' in s. 24 and the expression 'a person accused of any offence' have the same connotation, and describe the person against whom evidence is sought to be led in a criminal proceeding. The expression 'accused of any offence' is descriptive of the person against whom evidence relating to information alleged to be given by him is made provable by s. 27 of the Evidence Act. It does not predicate a formal accusation against him at the time of making the statement sought to be proved, as a condition of its applicability, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Deoman Upadhyaya, AIR 1960 SC 1125 (1129, 1132): (1960) 1 SCR 14. [Evidence Act, (1 of 1872), ss. 24, 25, 27]...
Any act or omission which constitutes any offence under this Act
Any act or omission which constitutes any offence under this Act, the expression 'Any act or omission which constitutes any offence under this Act' in s. 56 of the Act, merely imports the idea that the same act or omission might constitute an offence under another law and could be tried under such other law or laws also, State of Bihar v. Murad Ali Khan, (1988) 4 SCC 655 (665): AIR 1989 SC 1. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, s. 56]...
Of the offence charge
Of the offence charge, it means offence complained of and not the first offence, AIR 1974 Punj 116 (118) (Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, s. 92)...
Person accused of an offence
Person accused of an offence, only a person against whom a formal accusation of the commission of an offence has been made can be a person 'accused of an offence' within the meaning of Article 20(3). Such formal accusation may be specifically made against him in an FIR or a formal complaint or any other formal document or notice served on that person, which ordinarily results in his prosecution in court, Balkishan A. Devidayal v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1981 SC 379: (1980) 4 SCC 600: (1981) 1 SCR 175....
Whoever attempts to commit an offence
Whoever attempts to commit an offence, the expression 'whoever attempts to commit an offence' in s. 511 can only mean whoever intends to do a certain act with the intent or knowledge necessary for the commission of that offence, Om Prakah v. State of Punjab, AIR 1961 SC 1782 (1785): (1962) 2 SCR 254. (Indian Penal Code, s. 511)...
Street offences
Street offences. For list of these, see Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (Chit. Stat., tit. 'Police'), s. 28 (applied among ss. 21-29 to urban districts by s. 171 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 [38 & 39 Vict. c. 55 (Chit. Stat., tit. 'Public Health')], and s. 54 of the Metropolitan Police Acts of 1839 and 1867 [Chit. Stat., tit. 'Police (Metropolis)']. Thirty kinds of offences are specified in the Act of 1847, and seventeen in the Act of 1839. The offences specified in each Act comprise riding or driving furiously, loitering by common prostitute for prostitution, sliding on ice or snow, disturbance by ringing doorbell, discharging firearms, making bonfires, or setting fire to fireworks, and allowing ferocious dogs to be at large. The Act of 1847 also includes keeping swine, and obstructing footways. The Act of 1839 also includes bill posting on buildings without consent of owner, 'blowing horns or any other noisy instrument for the purpose of calling persons together, or of anno...
Dealing with offences
Dealing with offences, the expression 'dealing with offences' is of wide import and will include any act which the police has to do in connection with the offences under the Act, Delhi Admn v. Ram Singh, AIR 1962 SC 63 (66). [Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 (104 of 1956), s. 13(1)]...
Taking cognizance of an offence
Taking cognizance of an offence, when on receiving a complaint, the Magistrate applies his mind for the purposes of proceeding under s. 200 and the succeeding sections in Chapter XV of the Code of 1973, he is said to have taken cognizance of the offence within the meaning of s. 190(1)(a), Devarapalli Lakshminarayana Reddy v. V. Narayana Reddy, AIR 1976 SC 1672: (1976) 3 SCC 252. [Criminal PC (2 of 1974), s. 190]...
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