Act V of 1898
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Also known as: CrPC
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Enacted
- 1898
- Domain
- criminal
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — procedural framework for investigation, trial, and disposal of criminal cases.
Sections
- § 154Information in cognizable casesPLACEHOLDER body — Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence given orally to an officer in charge of a police station shall be reduced to writing and read over to the informant.
- § 497When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offencePLACEHOLDER body — When any person accused of any non-bailable offence is arrested or detained, he may be released on bail, but he shall not be so released if there appear reasonable grounds for believing he is guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.