CrPC 1973

Ans: According to section 2(r) of Cr.P.C,  a " police report" means a report forwarded by a police officer to Magistrate under sub- section (2) of section 173. 

Ans:  SECTION 30 CrPC - Code of Criminal Procedure mentions Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.  Description The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by law; Provided that the term? is not in excess of the powers of the Magistrate under section 29; shall not, where imprisonment has been awarded as part of the substantive sentence , exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which the Magistrate is competent to inflict as punishment for the offence otherwise than as imprisonment in default of payment of the fine. The imprisonment awarded under this section may be in addition to a substantive sentence of imprisonment for the maximum term awardable by the Magistrate under section 29. Second class Magistrate: 12/4 =3  First Class Magistrate: 36/4 = 9 Chief Judicial Magistrate: 84/4= 21 Assistant Session Judge: 120/4 = 30

Ans:  According to section 29 of Cr.P.C:  The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years. The Court of a Magistrate of the first class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or both. The Court of a Magistrate of the second class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees, or of both. The Court of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shall have the powers of the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate and that of a Metropolitan Magistrate, the powers of the Court of a Magistrate of the first class.

Ans:  The juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape was tried as a minor and escaped the full burden of the law despite being 17 years old. An uproar to change the law gathered momentum after the youngest convict of the 2012 Delhi gang rape was released from detention. The parents of the victim campaigned to fight for justice for their daughter. To avoid such cases in future the Indian parliament in 2015 had passed a bill which allowed the trial of juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age as adults for serious crimes like rape or murder. Before the bill, those under 18 could only be sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reform facility. The Legislation confirmed that if children within the age of 16 to 18 undertake gruesome and violent murders and rapes, they would be tried and punished as adults. Thus, Criminal law (Amendment Act) 2013 commonly known as “Anti Rape Bill” was passed on 19 March 2013.  The sixth minor member was just sent to the reformation facility for ...

Ans: The Parliament passed the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) on 22 May 2012. It came into force on 14 November 2012. This law was implemented to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography against persons below the age of 18 years. Even after the excessive need for its provisions and regulation, this law remains largely unimplemented and unknown. It aims to provide relief and rehabilitation as soon as the complaint is made. Committing an offence, abetting or aiding the sexual abuse of a child is also punishable under POCSO. The trial has to be conducted in special children’s courts to aid speedy disposal with the establishment of special procedures to avoid children not seeing the accused at the time of testifying. 

Ans: According to section 27 of Cr.P.C,  any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, committed by any person who at the date when he appears or is brought before the Court is under the age of sixteen years, may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate, or by any Court specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960 (60 of 1960), or any other law for the time being in force providing for the treatment, training and rehabilitation of youthful offenders.

Ans: Subject to the other provisions of this Code,- any offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) may be tried by- the High Court, or the Court of Session, or any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable;