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CrPC, 1973
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CrPCChapter XXVIISection 355
Section355

Metropolitan Magistrate’s Judgment

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A Metropolitan Magistrate must record specified particulars instead of the fuller judgment format: case serial number, date of the offence, complainant and accused details, the offence, the accused's plea and examination, the final order and its date. If the final order is appealable under the stated provisions, the magistrate must add a brief statement of reasons.

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Priya files an FIR at her local police station saying Rohan stole goods from her shop. When the Metropolitan Magistrate decides the case, the magistrate records the case number, offence date, Priya’s and Rohan’s details, the offence proved, Rohan’s plea and examination, the final order with its date, and because the order is appealable, a short statement of reasons.

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Instead of recording a judgment in the manner hereinbefore provided, a Metropolitan Magistrate shall record the following particulars, namely:

  • (a) the serial number of the case;

  • (b) the date of the commission of the offence;

  • (c) the name of the complainant (if any);

  • (d) the name of the accused person, and his parentage and residence;

  • (e) the offence complained of or proved;

  • (f) the plea of the accused and his examination (if any);

  • (g) the final order;

  • (h) the date of such order;

  • (i) in all cases in which an appeal lies from the final order either under section 373 or under Sub-Section (3) of section 374, a brief statement of the reasons for the decision.

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XXVII

Chapter XXVII

The Judgement

In this chapter

  • 353Judgment
  • 354Language and contents of judgment
  • 355Metropolitan Magistrate’s Judgment
  • 356Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender
  • 357Order to pay compensation
  • 357AVictim compensation scheme
  • 357BCompensation to be in addition to fine under Section 326A or Section 376D of Indian Penal Code 1
  • 357CTreatment of victims 1
  • 358Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested
  • 359Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
  • 360Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
  • 361Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases
  • 362Court not to alter judgment
  • 363Copy of judgment to be given to the accused and other persons
  • 364Judgment when to be translated
  • 365Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate
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