BBanaka

CrPC: Chapter 24: General Provisions as - Inquiries and Trails

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

  1. Section 300. Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
  2. Section 301. Appearance by public prosecutors
  3. Section 302. Permission to conduct prosecution
  4. Section 303. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
  5. Section 304. Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
  6. Section 305. Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
  7. Section 306. Tender of pardon to accomplish
  8. Section 307. Power to direct tender of pardon
  9. Section 308. Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
  10. Section 309. Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
  11. Section 310. Local inspection
  12. Section 311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
  13. Section 311A. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting
  14. Section 312. Expenses of complainants and witnesses
  15. Section 313. Power to examine the accused
  16. Section 314. Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
  17. Section 315. Accused person to be competent witness
  18. Section 316. No influence to be used to induce disclosure
  19. Section 317. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases
  20. Section 318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
  21. Section 319. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
  22. Section 320. Compounding of offences
  23. Section 321. Withdrawal from prosecution
  24. Section 322. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
  25. Section 323. Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
  26. Section 324. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp law or property
  27. Section 325. Procedure when Magistrate can not pass sentence sufficiently severe
  28. Section 326. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
  29. Section 327. Court to be open

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.