Area of law
Criminal Law
Everything from a police complaint to trial: getting an FIR registered, bail before and after arrest, defending a trial, and appeals. In criminal matters a day can matter, especially after an arrest or once a bail hearing is fixed.
Find Criminal Law lawyersWhere it is heard
Police register FIRs under section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898. Bail is heard by Magistrates, Sessions Courts and the High Court under sections 497 and 498 CrPC. Trials run before Magistrates and Sessions Courts, with special courts for terrorism, narcotics and accountability cases.
Common matters
- Registration of an FIR, including a petition to the Justice of Peace under section 22-A CrPC when police refuse
- Pre-arrest and post-arrest bail
- Defence at trial, and appeals and revisions against conviction
- Dishonoured cheques under section 489-F PPC, fraud and breach of trust
Papers to gather first
- 1Copy of the FIR, or your written application to the police
- 2Any police notice, arrest memo or court order
- 3Medico-legal report, where someone was hurt
- 4Documents about the event: cheques, agreements, messages
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