CONVICTION ON A GUILTY PLEA- The accused can plead guilty to cut short the procedure of law and reduce the punishment for his offence. The Magistrate records the guilty plea and convicts the accused on his discretion. (Section 241) EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION- Section 242 of CrPC characterizes the procedure with regards to the gathering of…
INITIAL STEPS IN THE TRAIL The initial steps include the filing of a FIR. When the FIR is filed in the police headquarters, an investigation is conducted to discover the facts and relevant details of the case. Once the investigation is completed, a charge-sheet is filed and the documents are forwarded by the police headquarters…
Cases instituted otherwise than on a Police report As per section 244, When, in any warrant-case established in any case than on a police report, and the accused either appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate will continue to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support…
SCOPE The Magistrate’s Court forms the bedrock of the lawful System in India and the process of trials of warrant cases conducted by magistrates. This is explained in the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, which classifies warrant cases as those that include offenses punishable with death penalty, imprisonment for life and imprisonment exceeding more than two…
Providing adequate representation even for defendants who appear guilty is the best way to protect those who are not. Deborah L Rhode ABSTRACT In any warrant case instituted on a police report, when the accused appears or is brought before a magistrate for the trial, the magistrate shall satisfy himself that he has complied with…
While we all understand how crucial education is to shape our lives, it has also been a major problem in our country. There are several issues that the Indian education system is grappled with. We cannot deny the fact that the Indian government and institutions have been working to reform the existing education model. However,…
The general understanding of the term “criminal trial” refers to an individual facing a case that is being held to find and convict/acquit them based on the evidence so presented by the complainant and the defence. There are three different types of Trial in India. The Criminal procedure code of India or CrPC establishes the…
General rule of Law Of Tort says when the plaintiff brings an action against the defendant for a tort, given all the essentials of the same is fulfilled, the defendant is held liable. But the defendant can plea his innocence by taking some defence under the law of tort. There are 8 such defences and…
Netflix and Amazon laws In 2017, the revenue from over-the-top (OTT) platforms in India was 21 billion rupees; it grew a tremendous amount to 35 billion rupees in 2019, and further India witnessed a 30% rise in the number of paid subscribers, from 22.2 million to 29 million by July 2020. Netflix stopped their free…
Animal Rights in the Covid Paradigm The second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic has brought some respite in the form of vaccines. There are, however, still a lot of threats, both directly by Covid or by its subsequent economic ramifications, upon us. And when I say us, I sadly include our furry friends in it. …
