Unit 2 of Criminal Procedure (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023), Juvenile Justice Act 2015, POCSO 2012 (syllabus: Module II — charge; trial before a Court of Session; warrant cases by Magistrates; summons cases by Magistrates; summary trial (CrPC ss. 211–265)). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What must a charge contain, and when must it state the manner of the offence?
- When does an error in the charge vitiate a conviction?
- State the rule of separate charges and its exceptions.
- What are the three discharge tests, and when does each apply?
- What distinguishes the trial of a summons case from the trial of a warrant case?
- When is plea bargaining available, and what sentence follows a disposition?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 234
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 238
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 241
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 250
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 274
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 289