Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code

302. Punishment for murder.Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or
1[imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 304B in The Indian Penal Code

1[304B. Dowry death.

(1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise
than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon
before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of
her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death shall be called
dowry death, and such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.
Explanation.For the purpose of this sub-section, dowry shall have the same meaning as
in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).

(2) Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.]

Section 498A in The Indian Penal Code

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[498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.Whoever,
being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall
also be liable to fine. Explanation.For the purpose of this section, cruelty means

(a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit
suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical)
of the woman; or

(b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any
person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is
on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.]

Section 72 in The Information Technology Act, 2000

72. Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy.-Save as otherwise provided in this Act
or any other law for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the
powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured access to
any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other
material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic record, book,
register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which
may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Section 65 in The Information Technology Act, 2000
65. Tampering with computer source documents.-Whoever knowingly or intentionally
conceals, destroys or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy,
or alter any computer source code used for a computer, computer programme, computer
system or computer network, when the computer source code is required to be kept or
maintained by law for the time being in force, shall be punishable with imprisonment up to
three years, or with fine which may extend up to two lakh rupees, or with both. Explanation.--
For the purposes of this section, "computer source code" means the listing of programmes,
computer commands, design and layout and programme analysis of computer resource in any
form.

Section 67 in The Information Technology Act, 2000

77 [ 67 Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
-Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic
form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect is such
as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant
circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished
on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees and in the event of second or
subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to five years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees. ]

Section 82 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973

82. Proclamation for person absconding.

(1) If any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person
against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that
such warrant cannot be executed, such Court may publish a written proclamation requiring
him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the
date of publishing such proclamation.

(2) The proclamation shall be published as follows:-

(i) (a) it shall be publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such
person ordinarily resides;

(b) it shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such
person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village;

(c) a copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the Court- house;

(ii) the Court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of the proclamation to be published in a
daily newspaper circulating in the place in which such person ordinarily resides.

(3) A statement in writing by the Court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the
proclamation was duly published on a specified day, in the manner specified in clause (i) of
sub- section (2), shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this section have been
complied with, and that the proclamation was published on such day.

Section 174A in The Indian Penal Code

1[174A. Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974.

Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and the specified time as required by a
proclamation published under sub-section

(1) of section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both, and
where a declaration has been made under sub-section (4) of that section pronouncing him as a
proclaimed offender, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
seven years and shall also be liable to fine.]

Section 207 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973

207. Supply to the accused of copy of police report and other documents. In any case where
the proceeding has been instituted on a police report, the Magistrate shall without delay
furnish to the accused, free of cost, a copy of each of the following:-

(i) the police report;

(ii) the first information report recorded under section 154;

(iii) the statements recorded under sub- section (3) of section 161 of all persons whom the
prosecution proposes to examine as its witnesses, excluding therefrom any part in regard to
which a request for such exclusion has been made by the police officer under sub- section (6)
of section 173;

(iv) the confessions and statements, if any, recorded under section 164;

(v) any other document or relevant extract thereof forwarded to the Magistrate with the police
report under sub- section (5) of section 173: Provided that the Magistrate may, after perusing
any such part of a statement as is referred to in clause (iii) and considering the reasons given
by the police officer for the request, direct that a copy of that part of the statement or of such
portion thereof as the Magistrate thinks proper, shall be furnished to the accused: Provided
further that if the Magistrate is satisfied that any document referred to in clause (v) is
voluminous, he shall, instead of furnishing the accused with a copy thereof, direct that he will
only be allowed to inspect it either personally or through pleader in Court.
Section 209 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973

209. Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it. When
in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is brought before
the Magistrate and it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the
Court of Session, he shall-

(a) 1 commit, after complying with the provisions of section 207 or section 208, as the case
may be, the case to the Court of Session, and subject to the provisions of this Code relating to
bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made;]

(b) subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody
during, and until the conclusion of, the trial;

(c) send to that Court the record of the case and the documents and articles, if any, which are
to be produced in evidence;

(d) notify the Public Prosecutor of the commitment of the case to the Court of Session.

SECTION 173 CR.PC

173. Report of police officer on completion of investigation.

(1) Every investigation under this Chapter shall be completed without unnecessary delay.

(2) (i) As soon as it is completed, the officer in charge of the police station shall forward to a
Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence on a police report, a report in the
form prescribed by the State Government, stating-

(a) the names of the parties;

(b) the nature of the information;

(c) the names of the persons who appear to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case;

(d) whether any offence appears to have been committed and, if so, by whom;

(e) whether the accused has been arrested;

(f) whether he has been released on his bond and, if so, weather with or without sureties;

(g) whether he has been forwarded in custody under section 170.

(ii) The officer shall also communicate, In such manner as may be prescribed by the State
Government, the action taken by him, to the person, if any, by whom the information relating
to the commission of the offence was first given.

(3) Where a superior officer of police has been appointed under section 158, the report shall,
in any case in which the State Government by general or special order so directs, be
submitted through that officer, and he may, pending the orders of the Magistrate, direct the
officer in charge of the police station to make further investigation,

(4) Whenever it appears from a report forwarded under this section that the accused has been
released on his bond, the Magistrate shall make such order- for the discharge of such bond or
otherwise as he thinks fit.

(5) When such report is in respect of a case to which section 170 applies, the police officer
shall forward to the Magistrate alongwith the report-

(a) all documents or relevant extracts thereof on which the prosecution proposes to rely other
than those already sent to the Magistrate during investigation;

(b) the statements- recorded under section 161 of all the persons whom the prosecution
proposes to examine as its witnesses.

(6) If the police officer is of opinion that any part of any such statement is not relevant to the
subject- matter of the proceedings or that its disclosure to the accused is not essential in the
interests of justice and is inexpedient in the public interest, he shall indicate that part of the
statement and append a note requesting the Magistrate to exclude that part from the copies to
be granted to the accused and stating his reasons for making such request.

(7) Where the police officer investigating the case finds it convenient so to do, he may furnish
to the accused copies of all or any of the documents referred to in sub- section (5).

(8) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude further investigation in respect of an
offence after a report under sub- section (2) has been forwarded to the Magistrate and, where
upon such investigation, the officer in charge of the police station obtains further evidence,
oral or documentary, he shall forward to the Magistrate a further report or reports regarding
such evidence in the form prescribed; and the provisions of sub- sections (2) to (6) shall, as
far as may be, apply in relation to such report or reports as they apply in relation to a report
forwarded under sub- section (2).