Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter I: Preliminary
Section 4: Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
In plain words
All offences under the Indian Penal Code are investigated, inquired into and tried under this Code. Offences under other laws follow the same procedure, subject to any special procedure in those laws.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
(1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained.
(2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner of place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 4
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ITC Limited v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
Whether the inspection and seizure conducted by Respondent No.2 u/s.15, Legal Metrology Act, 2009 without obtaining a prior warrant, was unlawful and violative of the principles of natural justice, thereby justifying…
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Vikram Bakshi and Others v. R.P. Khosla and Another
Whether a review or recall of an order passed in a criminal proceeding initiated under section 340 of CrPC is permissible or not.
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Abhishek Banerjee & Anr. v. Directorate of Enforcement
Matter pertains to seeking quashing of the summons issued to the appellants by the Enforcement Directorate, seeking their personal appearance in New Delhi with the documents sought for, pertaining to the FIR registered…
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Tarsem Lal v. Directorate of Enforcement Jalandhar Zonal Office
(a) Whether the complaint filed u/s.44(1)(b) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 will be governed by sections 200 to 205 of the CrPC; (b) If the accused was not arrested by the ED till the filing of the…
- V. Senthil Balaji v. The State Represented by
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Dhanraj N Asawani v. Amarjeetsingh Mohindersingh
Whether the provisions of s.81(5B) of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 can be construed as preventing a share holder of the society such as the app ellant, who was also an erstwhile director, from…
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- Bharatbhai Bhagwanjibhai v. State of Gujarat
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- Moti Lal v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Anr.
- C.B.I., A.H.D., Patna v. Braj Bhushan Prasad and Ors.
- Dhyan Investments and Trading Co. Ltd. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors.
- Enforcement Directorate and Anr. v. M. Samba Siva Rao and Ors.
- State of West Bengal v. Narayan K. Patodia
- Gangula Ashok and Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- State of Maharashtra v. Keshav Ramchandra Pangare and Anr.
- Central Bureau of Investigation v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- Attiq-Ur-Rehman v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Anr.
- State of Punjab . v. Balbir Singh and Ors. Etc. Etc.
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- Kamlapati Trivedi v. State of West Bengal