Updated On : September 22, 2022
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Analyzing the previous year's trends, around 30 questions were asked in the preliminary examination of the Delhi Judiciary. So, the CrPC section holds 15% weightage in the Prelim exam. CrPC holds a major weightage of 40 marks in the Mains paper of the Chhattisgarh Civil Judge exam. Based on an in-depth analysis of the past year's papers for the CRPC questions for judiciary preparation for the MP Civil Judge exam, you can expect about 15 questions for the CrPC section. You can expect around 9-11 questions from the Code of Criminal Procedure in the RJS exam. Therefore, CRPC questions for judiciary preparation can push your rank.
The Criminal Procedure Code is the main legislation on the procedure for the administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974.
CrPC is most commonly called "Monster provision" or "Monster Code" due to its many chapters. It includes 37 chapters and 484 sections, 2 schedules: one is the category of offense and the other one formats.
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Study the following from the CRPC notes for judiciary exam 2022. These are the go-to-definition to boost the score of the upcoming judiciary exams.
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Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Code, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:—
(i) Courts of Session;
(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, in any metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates;
(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and (iv) Executive Magistrates.
(1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions division shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts: Provided that every metropolitan area shall, for the said purposes, be a separate sessions division and district.
(2) The State Government may alter the limits or the number of such divisions and districts after consultation with the High Court.
(3) The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, divide any district into subdivisions and may alter the limits or the number of such sub-divisions.
(4) The sessions divisions, districts, and sub-divisions existing in a State at the commencement of this Code shall be deemed to have been formed under this section.
The State Government shall establish a Court of Session for every sessions division.
(1) Every Court of Session shall be presided over by a Judge and appointed by the High Court.
(2) The High Court may also appoint Additional Sessions Judges and Assistant Session Judges to exercise jurisdiction in a Court of Session.
(3) The Sessions Judge of one sessions division may be appointed by the High Court to be also an Additional Sessions Judge of another division, and in such case, he may sit for the disposal of cases at such place or places in the other division as the High Court may direct.
(4) Where the office of the Sessions Judge is vacant, the High Court may make arrangements for the disposal of any urgent application which is, or maybe, made or pending before such Court of Session by an Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, or, if there be no Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, by a Chief Judicial Magistrate, in the sessions division; and every such Judge or Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to deal with any such application.
(5) The Court of Session shall ordinarily hold its sitting at such place or places as the High Court may, by notification, specify; but, if in any particular case, the Court of Session believes that it will tend to the general convenience of the parties and witnesses to hold its sittings at any other place in the sessions division, it may, with the consent of the prosecution and the accused, sit at that place for the disposal of the case or the examination of any witness or witnesses therein.
Explanation: For this Code, “appointment” does not include the first appointment, posting, or promotion of a person by the Government to any Service, or post in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State, where under any law, such appointment, posting or promotion is required to be made by Government.
The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates, to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular areas or for the performance of particular functions and confer on such Special Executive Magistrates such of the powers as are conferrable under this Code on Executive Magistrates, as it may deem fit.
(1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Executive Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Code.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.
(1) All Executive Magistrates, other than the Additional District Magistrate, shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers in a sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate; subject, however, to the general control of the District Magistrate.
(2) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with this Code, as to the distribution of business among the Executive Magistrates subordinate to him and as to the allocation of business to an Additional District Magistrate.
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Chapter 3 of CRPC notes of judiciary is 'Power of Courts.' It includes the following important topics.
Subject to the other provisions of this Code,
(a) any offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) may be tried by -
(i) the High Court, or
(ii) the Court of Session, or
(iii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable.
(b) any offence under any other law shall, when any Court is mentioned in this behalf in such law, be tried by such Court and when no Court is so mentioned, may be tried by -
(i) the High Court, or
(ii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable.
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.
(1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorized by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.
(2) The Court of a First Class Magistrate may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, a fine not exceeding 1 [ten thousand rupees], or both.
(3) The Court of Magistrate of the second class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding 2 [five thousand rupees], or of both.
(4) 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.
(1) 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 -
(a) is not in excess of the powers of the Magistrate under section 29;
(b) 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.
(2) 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.
Read the following topics of chapter IVB of CRPC notes of judiciary. It includes powers of superior officers of police, public when to assist Magistrates and police, aid to a person other than a police officer, executing the warrant, and public to give information of certain offences.
1) Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid -
(a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police officer is authorized to arrest; or
(b) in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace; or
(c) in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any railway, canal, telegraph, or public property.
2) Aid a person, other than a police officer, executing the warrant
When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any other person may aid in the execution of such warrant if the person to whom the warrant is directed is near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
Every person, aware of the commission of, or of the intention of any other person to commit, any offence punishable under any of the following sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), namely :-
(i) sections 121 to 126, both inclusive, and section 130 (that is to say, offences against the State specified in Chapter VI of the said Code);
(ii) sections 143, 144, 145, 147, and 148 (that is to say, offences against the public tranquillity specified in Chapter VIII of the said Code);
(iii) sections 161 to 165A, both inclusive (that is to say, offences relating to illegal gratification);
(iv) sections 272 to 278, both inclusive (that is to say, offences relating to adulteration of food and drugs, etc.);
(v) sections 302, 303 and 304 (that is to say, offences affecting life); 1 [(va) section 364A (that is to say, offence relating to kidnapping for ransom, etc.);]
(vi) section 382 (that is to say, offence of theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft);
(vii) sections 392 to 399, both inclusive, and section 402 (that is to say, offences of robbery and dacoity);
(viii) section 409 (that is to say, offence relating to criminal breach of trust by public servant, etc.);
(ix) sections 431 and 439, both inclusive (that is to say, offences of mischief against property); (x) sections 449 and 450 (that is to say, offence of house trespass);
(xi) sections 456 to 460, both inclusive (that is to say, offences of lurking house-trespass); and
(xii) sections 489A to 489E, both inclusive (that is to say, offences relating to currency notes and bank notes),
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Here is the list of questions asked in the Judiciary Examinations of various states. Practice them to understand the difficulty level of questions. Don't forget to mark these topics with a red highlight in your CRPC notes for judiciary.
Q1) Define and distinguish between the following:
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Q2) Write Short Notes on the following topics.
Q3) What are the provisions relating to the Public Prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors under the Criminal Procedure Code? Whether a police officer may be appointed as an assistant public prosecutor? [R.J.S. 1986]
Q4) Does an appeal lie where a Magistrate of the 1st class passes only a sentence of fine not exceeding one hundred rupees? [MPHJS 2006, UPHJS 2009, WBJS 2000]
Q5) Is it necessary for the High Court to assign reasons while summarily dismissing an appeal under Section 384, Cr. P.C.? Refer to the relevant case laws on the point.
Q6) What do you mean by `Reference’? Under what circumstances and in which Court reference can be made? [MPHJS 2018]
Q7) Mention the irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings. [DJS 1989, U.P.C.J. 2018]
Q8) A Magistrate not empowered tries an offender summarily. State, with reasons, whether or not the trial is vitiated in this case. [WBJS 1997]
Q9) Trial of an offence is held in the wrong district. State, with reasons, whether or not the trial is vitiated in this case. [WBJS. 1997]
Q10) What do you mean by the object of “Period of limitation”? Discuss the bar to take cognizance after the lapse of the period of limitation. When the period of limitation starts? [JK. J. S., 2011]
Q11) What do you understand by inherent powers of the High Court? When can this power be exercised? [MPJ 2010, MPJ 2009]
Q12) Can a Sessions Judge make provision for the disposal of any urgent application by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of the district? Would the Magistrate, in such a case, be deemed to have his jurisdiction to deal with such an application? [WB C.J. 2000]
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the code of Criminal Procedure contain?
It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974. It provides the machinery for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person and the determination of punishment of the guilty.
What is provision under criminal procedure code?