Introduction:The case of Rakesh Kumar Paul vs. State of Assam (2017) centers on the legal principles surrounding ‘default bail’ under Indian law, specifically Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). Rakesh Kumar Paul, the former Chairman of…
Section 14 CrPC – Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. 14. Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas…
Section 13 Crpc – Special Judicial Magistrates. 13. Special Judicial Magistrates. (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do, confer upon any person who holds or has held any post under the…
Section 12 Crpc -Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. 12. Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. (1) In every district (not being a metropolitan area), the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of…
Section 11 CrPC – Courts of Judicial Magistrates. 11. Courts of Judicial Magistrates. (1) In every district (not being a metropolitan area) there shall be established as many Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first class and of the second…
Section 10 CrPC – Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges. 10. Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges. (1) All Assistant Sessions Judges shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise jurisdiction. (2) The Sessions Judge may, from time…
Section 9 CrPC – Court of Session. 9. Court of Session. (1) The State Government shall establish a Court of Session for every sessions division. (2) Every Court of Session shall be presided over by a Judge, to be appointed by…
Section 8 CrPC – Metropolitan areas. 8. Metropolitan areas. (1) The State Government may, by notification, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, any area in the State comprising a city or town whose…
Section 7 CrPC – Territorial divisions 7. Territorial divisions. (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions divisions shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of…
Section 3 Crpc – Construction of references. 3. Construction of references. (1) In this Code,- (a) any reference, without any qualifying words, to a Magistrate, shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires,- (i) in relation to an area outside…