Chief Metropolitan Magistrates and Additional Chief MetropolitanMagistrates
Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with chief Metropolitan Magistrates and Additional Chief MetropolitanMagistrates. Chief Metropolitan Magistrates and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates. The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrates and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates.
(1) The High Court shall, in relation to every metropolitan area within its local jurisdiction, appoint a Metropolitan Magistrate to be the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for such metropolitan area.
(2) The High Court may appoint any Metropolitan Magistrate to be an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have all or any of the powers of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate under this Code or under any other law for the time being in force as the High Court may direct.
Section 17, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).
Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 10 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc Distant match 58%
Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.
Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.
Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Mohd.shahid vs State
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
When an Investigating Officer has given the requisite notice to an accused as per earlier protective orders, and the final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. is about to be filed, the accused should approach the trial court for bail rather than the High Court, as the trial court is the appropriate forum to consider bail applications at that stage of criminal proceedings.
On this section: Procedure for notice to accused before arrest; one week notice requirement as per earlier protective order
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Questions about Section 17
What have the courts held on Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?
Mohd.shahid vs State (02 Aug 2005) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Procedure for notice to accused before arrest; one week notice requirement as per earlier protective order.
How do I find court cases under Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: CRPC 17, section 17 CRPC, section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Mohd.shahid vs State (02 Aug 2005).
What should I read with Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?
For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 10 (Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.
When did Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?
Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 17, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.
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- 167. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty four hours1005 words
- 220. Trial for more than one offence962 words
- 360. Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition804 words
- 2. Definitions799 words
- 198. Prosecution for offences against marriage774 words
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