Framing of charge.

What this section does

After consideration and hearing, if the Sessions Judge presumes the accused committed an offence not exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge may frame a charge and transfer the case to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class. If the offence is exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge shall frame a written charge within sixty days of the first hearing on charge. The charge must be read and explained to the accused (physically or via audio-video means) and the accused asked whether they plead guilty or claim to be tried.

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Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Sessions Judge · Chief Judicial Magistrate · Judicial Magistrate of the first class · Accused

Time limit

60 days from the date of first hearing on charge for framing of charge in exclusively Sessions-triable offences

• CRPC Section 228 — Framing of charge