CLASSIFICATION OF

OFFENCES FOR
PROCEDURAL PURPOSE
 OFFENCE

Public Forbidden
Punishable
Wrong by law

 PROCEEDING: Particular operation

 PROCEDURE: General operation
 Cr.PC

Law enforcement Judicial Proceedings

Machinery OR Non-
Judicial Proceedings i.e., Inquiry and
i.e., Investigation Trial
1. COGNIZABLE /NON-COGNIZABLE
OBJECTIVE- For the purpose of investigation.
 COGNIZABLE OFFENCE [Sect. 2(c)]

 Police officer is entitle to arrest without warrant.

 Sect.154 (First Information Report)

 NON-COGNIZABLE OFFENCE [Sect. 2(l)]

 Police officer is not empowered to arrest without

warrant or without the permission of magistrate.
 Sect. 155(Non- Cognizable Report)
2. BAILABLE/ NON-BAILABLE
OFFENCE
OBJECTIVE- To set a person at liberty
 BAILABLE OFFENCE [Sect. 2(a)]

 Arrested person is entitle to claim for the bail as a

matter of right.
 NON-BAILABLE OFFENCE

 Court has the discretion to grant bail after seeing

the facts and circumstances.
 Moti Ram v. State of M.P.

Justice Krishna Iyer, “ Bail should be accepted as a

general rule and a custody or jail as an exception.”
3. SUMMON CASE AND WARRANT
CASE
OBJECTIVE- Process to compel appearance and
for the purpose of trial.
 SUMMON CASE[Sect. 2(w)]

 Punishment or imprisonment not exceeding 2yrs

or with fine
 WARRANT CASE [ Sect. 2(x)]

 Other than summon case i.e., offences punishable

with death sentence or life imprisonment or
imprisonment for the period more than 2 years.
4. COMPOUNDABLE AND NON-
COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCE
 COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCE
 To end the criminal proceeding through
compromise.
 Victim of the offence is allowed by law to
withdraw his case without the permission of the
court or with the permission of court (Sect .320)
 NON-COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCE

 Victim is not entitle to make conciliation outside

the court
 The non-compoundable offence is the name of the
vehicle of which the ignition is made on that can
never be stopped outside the court.
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