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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

THE FIRST SCHEDULE : CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES
II - CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES AGAINST OTHER LAWS

THE FIRST SCHEDULE : CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES

EXPLANATORY NOTE :

(1) In regard to offences under the Indian Penal Code, the entries in the second and third columns against a section the number of which is given in the first column are not intended as the definition of, and the punishment prescribed for, the offence in the Indian Penal Code, but merely as indication of the substance of the section.

(2) In this Schedule, (i) the expression "Magistrate of the first class" and "Any Magistrate" include Metropolitan Magistrates but not Executive Magistrates; (ii) the word "cognizable" stands for "a police officer may arrest without warrant"; and (iii) the word "non-cognizable" stands for "a police officer shall not arrest without warrant".

I.-OFFENCES UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE

Section

Offence

Punishment

Cognizable or non-cognizable

Bailable or Non-bailable

By what Court triable

CHAPTER V - ABETMENT

109

Abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment.

Same as for offence abetted.

According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable.

According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.

Court by which offence abetted is triable.

110

Abetment of any offence, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention from that of the abettor.

Ditto

111

Abetment of any offence, when one act is abetted and a different act is done; subject to the proviso.

Same for offence intended to be abetted.

Ditto

113

Abetment of any offence, when an effect is caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor.

Same as for offence committed.

Ditto

114

Abetment of any offence, if abettor is present when offence is committed.

Ditto

115

Abetment of an offence, punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Ditto

If an act which causes harm to be done in consequence of the abetment.

Imprisonment for 14 years and fine.

Ditto

116

Abetment of an offence, punishable with imprisonment, if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment.

Imprisonment extending to a quarter part of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.

Ditto

If the abettor or the person abetted be a public servant whose duty it is to prevent the offence.

Imprisonment extending to half of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

117

Abetting the commission of an offence by the public, or by more than ten persons.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable.

According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable

Court by which offence abetted is triable.

118

Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if the offence be committed.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable.

Ditto

If the offence be not committed.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

119

A public servant concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty to prevent, if the offence be committed.

Imprisonment extending to half of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both

Ditto

According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.

Ditto

If the offence be punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

Imprisonment for 10 years

Ditto

Non-bailable

Ditto

If the offence be not committed

Imprisonment extending to a quarter part of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

120

Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment, if offence be committed.

Ditto

According as offence abetted is bailable or non bailable.

Ditto

If the offence be not committed

Imprisonment extending to one-eighth part of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

CHAPTER VA- CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY

120B

Criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of 2 years or upwards.

Same as for abetment of the offence which is the object of the conspiracy.

According as the offence which is the object of conspiracy is cognizable or non-cognizable.

According as offence which is object of conspiracy is bailable or non-bailable.

Court by which abetment of the offence which is the object of conspiracy is triable.

Any other criminal conspiracy.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable.

Bailable.

Magistrate of the first class.

CHAPTER VI-OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

121

Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war, against the Government of India.

Death, or imprisonment for life and fine.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Court of Session.

121A

Conspiring to commit certain offences against the State.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

122

Collecting arms, etc., with the intention of waging war against the Government of India.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine

Ditto

123

Concealing with intent to facilitate a design to wage war.

Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

124

Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

124A

Sedition.

Imprisonment for life and fine, or imprisonment for 3 years and fine, or fine.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Court of Session.

125

Waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance or at peace with the Government of India, or abetting the waging of such war.

Imprisonment for life and fine, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine, or fine.

Ditto

126

Committing depredation on the territories of any power in alliance or at peace with the Government of India

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine, and forfeiture of certain property.

Ditto

127

Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126.

Ditto

128

Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

129

Public servant negligently suffering prisoner of Stare or war in his custody to escape.

Simple imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class

130

Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring, such prisoner, or offering any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Court of Session

CHAPTER VII-OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE

131

Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce an officer, soldier, sailor or airman form his allegiance or duty.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Court of Session.

132

Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.

Death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

133

Abetment of an assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in the execution of his office.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

134

Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

135

Abetment of the desertion of an officer, soldier, sailor or airman.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

136

Harbouring such an officer, soldier, sailor or airman who has deserted.

Ditto

137

Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel, through negligence of master or person in charge thereof.

Fine of 500 rupees.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

138

Abetment of act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, if the offence be committed in consequence.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

140

Wearing the dress or carrying any token used by a soldier, sailor or airman with intent that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman.

Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

CHAPTER VII-OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY

143

Being member of an unlawful assembly.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

144

Joining an unlawful assembly armed with any deadly weapon.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

145

Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been commanded to disperse.

Ditto

147

Rioting

Ditto

148

Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon.

Imprisonment for 3 years or fine, or both.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

149

If an offence be committed by any member of an unlawful assembly, every other member of such assembly shall be guilty of the offence.

The same as for the offence

According as offence is cognizable or non-cognizable.

According as offence is bailable or non-bailable.

The Court by which the offence is triable.

150

Hiring, engaging or employing persons to take part in an unlawful assembly.

The same as for a member of such assembly, and for any offence committed by any member of such assembly.

Cognizable

Ditto

151

Knowingly joining or continuing in any assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

152

Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

153

Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed.

Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

If not committed.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

153A

Promoting enmity between classes.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Ditto

Promoting enmity between classes in place of worship, etc.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Ditto

153B

Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

If committed in a place of public worship, etc.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Ditto

154

Owner or occupier of land not giving information of riot, etc.

Fine of 1,000 rupees.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

155

Person for whose benefit or on whose behalf a riot takes place not using all lawful means to prevent it.

Fine

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

156

Agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit a riot is committed not using all lawful means to prevent it.

Ditto

157

Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

158

Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot.

Ditto

Or to go armed.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

160

Committing affray.

Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 100 rupees, or both.

Ditto

CHAPTER IX-OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS

161

Being or expecting to be a public servant, and taking a gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Non-bailable.

Magistrate of the first class.

162

Taking a gratification in order, by corrupt of illegal means, to influence a public servant.

Ditto

163

Taking a gratification for the exercise of personal influence with a public servant.

Simple imprisonment for 1 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

164

Abetment by public servant of the offences defined in the last two preceding clauses with reference to himself.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

165

Public servant obtaining any valuable thing, without consideration, from a person concerned in any proceeding or business transacted by such public servant.

Ditto

165A

Punishment for abetment of offences punishable under section 161 or section 165.

Ditto

166

Public servant disobeying a direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person.

Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Ditto

167

Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

168

Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.

Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

169

Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.

Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both and confiscation of property, if purchased.

Ditto

170

Personating a public servant.

Imprisonment for 2 year, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Any Magistrate.

171

Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.

Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 200 rupees, or both/

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

CHAPTER IXA : OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

171E

Bribery.

Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both, or if treating only, fine only.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

171F

Undue influence at an election.

Imprisonment for one year, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Personation at an election.

Ditto

Cognizable

Ditto

171G

False statement in connection with an election.

Fine

Non-cognizable

Ditto

171H

Illegal payments in connection with elections.

Fine of 500 rupees.

Ditto

171I

Failure to keep election accounts.

Ditto

CHAPTER X : CONTEMPT S OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS

172

Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding from a public servant.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

If summons or notice require attendance in person, etc., in a Court of Justice.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

173

Preventing the service or the affixing of any summons of notice, or the removal of it when it has been affixed, or preventing a proclamation;

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

If summons, etc., require attendance in person, etc., in a Court of Justice.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

174

Not obeying a legal order to attend at a certain place in person or by agent, or departing therefrom without authority.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

If the order requires personal attendance, etc., in a Court of Justice.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

175

Intentionally omitting to produce a document to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce or deliver such document.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

The Court in which the offence is committed, subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVI; or, it not committed in a Court, any Magistrate.

If the document is required to be produced in or delivered to a Court of Justice.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

176

Intentionally omitting to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give such notice or information.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

If the notice or information required respects the commission of an offence, etc.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

If the notice or information is required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 356 of this Code.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

177

Knowingly furnishing false information to a public servant.

Ditto

If the information required respects the commission of an offence, etc.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

178

Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

The Court in which the offence is committed, subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVI; or, if not committed in a Court, any Magistrate.

179

Being legally bound to state truth, and refusing to answer questions.

Ditto

180

Refusing to sign statement made to a public servant when legally required to do so.

Simple imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

181

Knowingly stating to a public servant on oath as true that which is false

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

182

Giving false information to a public servant in order to cause him to use his lawful power to the injury or annoyance of any person.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate

183

Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.

Ditto

184

Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant.

Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both

Ditto

185

Bidding, by a person under a legal incapacity to purchase it, for property at a lawfully authorised sale, or bidding without intending to perform the obligations incurred thereby.

Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.

Ditto

186

Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions.

Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

187

Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give such assistance.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.

Ditto

Wilfully neglecting to aid a public servant who demands aid in the execution of process, the prevention of offences, etc.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Ditto

188

Disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant, if such disobedience causes obstruction, annoyance or injury to persons lawfully employed.

Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

If such disobedience causes danger to human life, health or safety, etc.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

189

Threatening a public servant with injury to him or one in whom he is interested, to induce him to do or forbear to do any official act.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

190

Threatening any person to induce him to refrain from making a legal application for protection from injury.

Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Ditto

CHAPTER XI- FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

193

Giving or fabricating false evidence in a judicial proceeding.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of first class.

Giving or fabricating false evidence in any other case.

Imprisonment for 3 years, and fine.

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

194

Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to cause any person to be convicted of a capital offence

Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Court of Session.

If innocent person be thereby convicted and executed.

Death, or as above

Ditto

195

Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 7 years, or upwards.

The same as for the offence .

Ditto

196

Using in a judicial proceeding evidence known to be false or fabricated.

The same as for giving or fabricating false evidence.

Ditto

According as offence of giving such evidence is bailable or non-bailable.

Court by which offence of giving or fabricating false evidence is triable.

197

Knowingly issuing or signing a false certificate relating to any fact of which such certificate is by law admissible in evidence.

Ditto

Bailable

Court by which offence of giving false evidence is triable.

198

Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point.

Ditto

199

False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence

Ditto

200

Using as true any such declaration known to be false.

Ditto

201

Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it to screen the offender, if a capital offence.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

According as the offence in relation to which disappearance of evidence is caused is cognizable or non-cognizable .

Bailable

Court of Session.

If punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine

Non-cognizable

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

If punishable with less than 10 years imprisonment.

Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Court by which the offence is triable.

202

Intentional omission to give information of an offence by a person legally bound to inform.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

203

Giving false information respecting an offence committed.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

204

Secreting or destroying any document to prevent its production as evidence.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

205

False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in a suit or criminal prosecution, or for becoming bail or security.

Imprisonment for 3 year, or fine, or both.

Ditto

206

Fraudulent removal or concealment, etc., of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine under sentence, or in execution of a decree.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

207

Claiming property without right, or practising deception touching any right to it, to prevent its being taken as a forfeiture, or in satisfaction of a fine under sentence, or in execution of a decree.

Ditto

208

Fraudulently suffering a decree to pass for a sum not due, or suffering decree to be executed after it has been satisfied.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

209

False claim in a Court of Justice.

Imprisonment for 2 years and fine.

Ditto

210

Fraudulently obtaining a decree for a sum not due, or causing a decree to be executed after it has been satisfied.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

211

False charge of offence made with intent to injure.

Ditto

If offence charged be punishable with imprisonment for 7 years or upwards.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

If offence charged be capital or punishable with imprisonment for life.

Ditto

Court of Session.

212

Harbouring an offender, if the offence be capital.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for 1 year and not for 10 years

Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, and of the description, provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

213

Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment if the offence be capital.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.

Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

214

Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender if the offence be capital.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine

Non-cognizable

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.

Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.

Ditto

215

Taking gift to help to recover movable property of which a person has been deprived by an offence without causing apprehension of offender.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

216

Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody, or whose apprehension has been ordered, if the offence be capital.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years, with or without fine.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for 1 year and not for 10 years.

Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both

Ditto

216A

Harbouring robbers or dacoits

Rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

217

Public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine or both.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

Any Magistrate

218

Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

219

Public servant in a judicial proceeding corruptly making and pronouncing an order, report, verdict, or decision which he knows to be contrary to law

Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class

220

Commitment for trial or confinement by a person having authority, who knows that he is acting contrary to law.

Ditto

221

Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend an offender, if the offence be capital.

Imprisonment for 7 years, with or without fine.

According as the offence in relation to which such omission has been made is cognizable or non-cognizable.

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years, with or without fine.

Cognizable

Ditto

If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.

Imprisonment for 2 years, with or without fine.

Ditto

222

Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend person under sentence of a Court of Justice if under sentence of death.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 14 years, with or without fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Court of Session

If under sentence of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years, or upwards.

Imprisonment for 7 years, with or without fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

If under sentence of imprisonment for less than 10 years or lawfully committed to custody.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

223

Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant.

Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

Any Magistrate

224

Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Ditto

225

Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or, rescuing him from lawful custody.

Ditto

If charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Non-bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

If charged with a capital offence

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

If the person is sentenced to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years, or upwards.

Ditto

If under sentence of death.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session.

225A

Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for :-

(a) in case of intentional omission or sufferance.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

(b) in case of negligence omission or sufferance.

Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate

225B

Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate.

227

Violation or condition of remission of punishment.

Punishment of original sentence, or if part of the punishment has been undergone, the residue.

Ditto

Non-bailable

The Court by which the original offence was triable.

228

Intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

The Court in which the offence is committed subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVI.

¹²[228A

Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc.

Imprisonment for two years and fine.

Cognizable

Ditto

Any Magistrate

Printing or publication of a proceeding without prior permission of court.

Ditto

Ditto ]

229

Personation of a juror or assessor.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class.

CHAPTER XII- OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS

231

Counterfeiting, or performing any part of the process of counterfeiting coin.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

232

Counterfeiting, or performing any part of the process of counterfeiting Indian coin.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session.

233

Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting coin.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of first class.

234

Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting Indian coin.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session.

235

Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

If Indian coin

Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session.

236

Abetting, in India, the counterfeiting, out of India, of coin.

The punishment provided for abetting the counterfeiting of such coin within India.

Ditto

237

Import or export of counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be counterfeit.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

238

Import or export of counterfeit of Indian coin, knowing the same to be counterfeit.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session

239

Having any counterfeit coin known to be such when it came into possession, and delivering, etc., the same to any person.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

240

Same with respect to Indian coin.

Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of session

241

Knowingly delivering to another any counterfeit coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or 10 times the value of the coin counterfeited, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate.

242

Possession of counterfeit coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he become possessed thereof.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Magistrate of the first class

243

Possession of Indian coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

244

Person employed in a Mint causing coin to be of a different weight or composition from that fixed by law.

Ditto

245

Unlawfully taking from a Mint any coining instrument

Ditto

246

Fraudulently diminishing the weight or altering the composition of any coin.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

247

Fraudulently diminishing the weight or altering the composition of Indian coin.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

248

Altering appearance of any coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

249

Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

250

Delivery to another of coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Ditto

251

Delivery of Indian coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered.

Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session

252

Possession of altered coin by a person who know it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.

Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

253

Possession of Indian coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.

Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.

Ditto

254

Delivery to another of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or 10 times the value of the coin.

Ditto

Any magistrate

255

Counterfeiting a Government stamp.

Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.

Ditto

Court of Session.

256

Having possession of an instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.

Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

257

Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.

Ditto

258

Sale of counterfeit Government stamp.

Ditto

259

Having possession of a counterfeit Government stamp

Ditto

Bailable

Ditto

260

Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit

Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both

Ditto

261

Effacing any writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp, or removing from a document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause a loss to Government.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Magistrate of the first class.

262

Using a Government stamp known to have been before used.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Any Magistrate

263

Erasure of mark denoting that stamps have been used.

Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

Magistrate of the first class

263A

Fictitious stamps

Fine of 200 rupees

Ditto

Any Magistrate

CHAPTER XII- OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

264

Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighting.

Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

265

Fraudulent use of false weight or measure

Ditto

266

Being in possession of false weights or measures for fraudulent use.

Ditto

267

Making or selling false weights or measures for fraudulent use.

Ditto

Cognizable

Non-bailable

Ditto

CHAPTER XIV- OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS

269

Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

270

Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Ditto

271

Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizable

Ditto

272

Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Ditto

273

Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.

Ditto

274

Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.

Ditto

275

Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.

Ditto

276

Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation.

Ditto

STATE AMENDMENTS (Section 272 TO 276)

In Uttar Pradesh

For the existing entries against sections 272, 273, 274, 275 and 276 in the First Schedule, the following shall be substituted:-

"272	Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.	Imprisonment for life, with or without fine	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of Session
273	Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
274	Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
275	Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
276	Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

In West Bengal

For the existing entries against sections 272, 273, 274, 275 and 276 in the First Schedule, the following shall be substituted:-

"272	Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.	Imprisonment for life, with or without fine	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of Session
273	Selling any food or drink, as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
274	Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
275	Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
276	Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as different drug or medical preparation	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

277	Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir.	Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate
278	Making atmosphere noxious to health.	Fine of 500 rupees.	Non-cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
279	Driving or riding on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc.	Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both	Cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate
280	Navigating any vessel so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
281	Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy.	Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, both.	Ditto	Ditto	Magistrate of the first class
282	Conveying for hire any person by water, in a vessel in such a state, or so loaded, as to endanger his life.	Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Any Magistrate
283	Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation.	Fine of 200 rupees	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
284	Dealing with any poisonous substance so as to endanger human life, etc.	Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
285	Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
286	So dealing with any explosive substance.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
287	So dealing with any machinery.	Ditto	Non-cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
288	A person omitting to guard against probable danger to human life by the fall of any building over which he has a right entitling him to pull it down or repair it.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
289	A person omitting to take order with any animal in his possession, so as to guard against danger to human life, or of grievous hurt, from such animal.	Ditto	Cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
290	Committing a public nuisance.	Fine of 200 rupees.	Non-cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
291	Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.	Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
292	Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.	On first conviction, with imprisonment for 2 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and, in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for five years and with fine of 5,000 rupees.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

STATE AMENDMENTS

In Tamil Nadu

For the existing entries relating to sections 292A and 293 in the first Schedule, the following entries shall be substituted: -

"292A	Printing etc. of grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail	Imprisonment of either description for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate
293	Sale etc., of obscene objets to young persons	On first conviction with imprisonment for 3 years, and fine of 2,000 rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees.	Cognizable	Ditto	Ditto"

293	Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young persons.	On first conviction with imprisonment for 3 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
294	Obscene songs	Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
294A	Keeping a lottery office	Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
	Publishing proposals relating to lotteries .	Fine of 1,000 rupees	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

Foot Notes

1. Inserted by Act No. 45 of 1978.

2. Inserted by Act No. 45 of 1978.

3. Inserted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

4. Substituted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

5. Substituted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

6. Substituted by Act No. 63 of 1980, for the words "reasons", w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

7. Inserted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

8. Inserted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

9. See also the Economic Offences (Inapplicability of limitation) Act, 1974 (12 of 1974), for inapplicability of provisions of this Chapter to certain offences.

10. Inserted by Act No. 45 of 1978.

11. Substituted by Act No. 63 of 1980, w.e.f. 23rd September, 1980.

12. Inserted by Act No. 43 of 1983.

II - CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES AGAINST OTHER LAWS
Offence	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what court triable
1	2	3	4
If punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for more than 7 years.	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of Session.
If punishable with imprisonment for 3 years, and upwards but not more than 7 years.	Ditto	Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
If punishable with imprisonment for less than 3 years or with fine only.	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate.

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER II : CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

CHAPTER III : POWER OF COURTS

CHAPTER IV : A.-POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE

B.-AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE

CHAPTER V : ARREST OF PERSONS

CHAPTER VI : PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE

CHAPTER VII : PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS

15[CHAPTER VII A : RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY

CHAPTER VIII : SECURITY FOR KEEPING THE PEACE AND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR

CHAPTER IX : ORDER FOR MAINTENANCE OF WIVES, CHILDREN AND PARENTS

CHAPTER X: MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY

CHAPTER XI : PREVENTIVE ACTION OF THE POLICE

CHAPTER XII : INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE

CHAPTER XIII : JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

CHAPTER XIV : CONDITIONS REQUISITE FOR INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER XV : COMPLAINTS TO MAGISTRATES

CHAPTER XVI : COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTRATES

CHAPTER XVII : THE CHARGE

CHAPTER XVIII : TRIAL BEFORE A COURT OF SESSION

CHAPTER XIX : TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

CHAPTER XX : TRIAL OF SUMMONS-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

CHAPTER XXI : SUMMARY TRIALS

CHAPTER XXII : ATTENDANCE OF PERSONS CONFINED OR DETAINED IN PRISONS

CHAPTER XXIII : EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

CHAPTER XXIV : GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

CHAPTER XXV : PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND

CHAPTER XXVI : PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

CHAPTER XXVII : THE JUDGEMENT

CHAPTER XXVIII : SUBMISSION OF DEATH SENTENCES FOR CONFIRMATION

CHAPTER XXIX : APPEALS

CHAPTER XXX : REFERENCE AND REVISION

CHAPTER XXXI: TRANSFER OF CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER XXXII: EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES

CHAPTER XXXIII : PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS

CHAPTER XXXIV : DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY

CHAPTER XXXV : IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER XXXVI9 : LIMITATION FOR TAKING COGNIZANCE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES

CHAPTER XXXVII : MISCELLANEOUS

THE FIRST SCHEDULE : CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES
II - CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES AGAINST OTHER LAWS

THE SECOND SCHEDULE

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