||What is meant
by a cognizable offence? Non-cognizable
offence? Can an FIR only be registered
for a criminal/ cognizable case?
Is every cognizable case a criminal
||A cognizable offence
is
||What is meant
by a cognizable offence? Non-cognizable
offence? Can an FIR only be registered
for a criminal/ cognizable case?
Is every cognizable case a criminal
||A cognizable offence
is a case where the Police can
arrest without a warrant. All
cognizable cases involve criminal
offences. Murder, Robbery, Theft,
Rioting, Counterfeiting etc. are
some examples of cognizable offences.
Non-cognizable offences are those
criminal infractions, which are
relatively less serious. Examples
of non-cognizable offences include
Public Nuisance, Causing Simple
Hurt, Assault, Mischief etc. The
