with offences falling only under s. 7 Police Act
and to non-cognizable offences. Rule III did not provide an
alternative procedure to that prescribed ... cognizable or
noncognizable offences, that is, simple remissness or negli-
gence in the discharge of duty, (ii) cognizable offences,
and (iii) non-cognizable offences. Paragraph
into an offence after receiving information of a cognizable or a non-
cognizable offence. Section 2(d) defines a complaint to mean any
allegation made ... case which discloses after investigation, the commission of a non-
cognizable offence shall be deemed to be a complaint, and the police
officer by whom
except the offences referred to in sub-section (5) shall be non-cognizable and bailable. (5) The offences specified in clause (a) or clause ... punishable under clause (i) of that sub-section shall be cognizable and non-bailable. (6) A person shall not be prosecuted for any offence under
custody of the Magistrate; (b) in the case of a non-cognizable and bailable offence, the Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner shall
shall, for the purposes of the said Code, be bailable and non-cognizable. (3) When any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this
stated that the
complaint is misconceived, and the alleged
offence is non-cognizable as per the Code of
Criminal Procedure 1973. Therefore, the police
have ... least one is cognizable, the
case shall be deemed to be a cognizable case,
notwithstanding that the other off ences are non-
cognizable
Section 78(3) of KP Act, which is a non-
cognizable offence, under which a
credible information was received by
the Police ... cognizable offences. Therefore, irrespective of
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the punishment prescribed, considering the nature and
gravity of offences, the offences are classified as
cognizable or non-cognizable
concerned, it reveals that you were
involved in a case of non cognizable report
No.18/2006, dated ... complaint lodged against him. He stated that
he learnt about the Non-Cognizable Report (NCR) No.18/2006
filed against him only on 8.1.2008. Regarding
least one is cognizable,
the case shall be deemed to be a cognizable
case, notwithstanding that the other offences
are non-cognizable ... Code as being non-bailable.
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For example, Sections 194 , 195 , 466 , 467 , 476, 477
and 505 deal with non-cognizable offences which
warrant these
are not non-cognizable offences either. How can there be a
case which is neither cognizable nor-cognizable ? It was
sought ... rank it is non-cognizable. That cannot be a
proper criterion for deciding whether an offence is
cognizable or non-cognizable. Unless there are clear
