BBanaka

CrPC: Chapter 2: Constitution of Criminal court and offices

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

  1. Section 6. Classes of Criminal Courts
  2. Section 7. Territorial divisions
  3. Section 8. Metropolitan areas
  4. Section 9. Court of Session
  5. Section 10. Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
  6. Section 11. Courts of Judicial Magistrates
  7. Section 12. Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
  8. Section 13. Special Judicial Magistrates
  9. Section 14. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
  10. Section 15. Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
  11. Section 16. Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
  12. Section 17. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
  13. Section 18. Special Metropolitan Magistrates
  14. Section 19. Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
  15. Section 20. Executive Magistrates
  16. Section 21. Special Executive Magistrates
  17. Section 22. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
  18. Section 23. Subordination of Executive Magistrates
  19. Section 24. Public Prosecutors
  20. Section 25. Assistant Public Prosecutors
  21. Section 25A. Directorate of Prosecution

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: historical CrPC reference — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-06-30.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately. Section 135 was restored and individually checked against the linked government PDF (pages 75–76) on 2026-10-02; this is not a verification of the whole collection. Schedules and forms are not consolidated here. Historical code retained for reference; read the repeal/savings provisions in the successor code.