Question

Cognizable offence has been defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure ________________.

• A. Section $2$(a)
• B. Section $2$(i)
• C. Section $2$(c)
• D. Section 3

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Section $2$(c)

Section 2 (c).

Section 2 (c) of CrPc, deals with the cognizable offence. It basically gives the authority to police to arrest the accused without the arrest warrant on some special grounds. These offences are serious in nature and can be punished with around 3 years or more of punishment.