Monday, September 9, 2019

Discharge and Acquittal

Discharge occurs before the start of actual trial whereas acquittal occurs in the form of judgement which is definitely the result of a trial. Section 241A refers to discharge in a trial before a magistrate; section 265C refers to discharge in a trial before a Court of Sessions. On the other hand, section 245 refers to acquittal in a trial before a Magistrate and section 265H refers to acquittal before the court of Sessions.

Monday, August 26, 2019

GD Entry

This is completely different from FIR. Every occurrence which may be brought to the knowledge of the officers of police shall be entered in a book which is called General Diary. FIR is made in B.P. Form No. 27 in accordance with the instruction printed on it. On the other hand, General Diary is to be kept in B.P. Form No. 65 as referred to in section 44 of the police Act, 1861 and detailed in Regulation No. 377 of the police Regulations Bengal, 1943.