Judge | Constituted under Section | Punishment that the Judge can award |
High Court | Article 214 Constitution of India | Any sentence authorised by Law – Section 28(1) Cr.P.C. |
Sessions Judge | Section 6(i) & 9(2) Cr.P.C. | Any sentence authorised by law, but the sentence of death shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court – Sec. 28(2) Cr.P.C. |
Additional Sessions Judge | Section 6(i) & 9(3) Cr.P.C. | Same as Sessions Judge – Section 28(2) Cr.P.C. |
Assistant Sessions Judge | Section 6(i) & 9(3) Cr.P.C. | Any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding ten years – Sec. 28(3) Cr.P.C. |
Chief Judicial Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 12(1) Cr.P.C. | Any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years. – Section 29(1) Cr.P.C. |
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 17(1) Cr.P.C. | Same as Chief Judicial Magistrate – Section 29(1) Cr.P.C. read with Section 3(1)(d) Cr.P.C. |
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 12(2) Cr.P.C. | Any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years. – Section 29(1) Cr.P.C. |
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 17(2) Cr.P.C. | Same as Chief Judicial Magistrate – Section 29(1) Cr.P.C. read with Section 17(2) Cr.P.C and Section 3(1)(d) Cr.P.C. |
Judicial Magistrate First Class | Section 6(ii), 11(1) & 11(2) Cr.P.C. | A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or of both – Section 29(2) Cr.P.C. |
Metropolitan Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 16(2) Cr.P.C. | Same as Judicial Magistrate First Class – Section 29(2) Cr.P.C. read with Section 6(ii) Cr.P.C. |
Special Metropolitan Magistrate | Section 18(1) & 18(2) Cr.P.C. | Same as Judicial Magistrate First Class – Section 18(3) Cr.P.C. |
Special Judicial Magistrate First Class | Section 6(ii), 11(1), 11(2) & 13 Cr.P.C. | Same as Judicial Magistrate First Class – Section 13(1) Cr.P.C. |
Judicial Magistrate Second Class | Section 6(iii), 11(1) & 11(2) Cr.P.C. | A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees, or of both – Section 29(3) Cr.P.C. |
Special Judicial Magistrate Second Class | Section 6(iii), 11(1), 11(2) & 13 Cr.P.C. | Same as Judicial Magistrate Second Class – Section 13(1) Cr.P.C. |
Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate | Section 6(ii) & 12(3)(a) Cr.P.C. | Same as Judicial Magistrate First Class – Section 12(3)(a) Cr.P.C. |
Executive Magistrate | Section 6(iv) Cr.P.C. | Only Preventive Measures |
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