 annexure extracts from the code of criminal procedure, 1973|     |     |     |     |     ||------|------|------|------|------|167 (1) whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody, and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hours fixed by section 57, and there are grounds for believing that the accusation or information is wellfounded, the officer in charge of the police station or the police officer making the investigation, if he is not below the rank of sub-inspector, shall forthwith transmit to the nearest procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours, judicial magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary hereinafter prescribed relating to the case, and shall at the same time forward the accused to such magistrate (2) the magistrate to whom an accused person is forwarded under this section may, whether he has or has not jurisdiction to try the case, from time to time, authorise the detention of the accused in such custody as such magistrate thinks'fit, for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the whole; and if he has no jurisdiction to try the case or commit it for trial, and considers further detention unnecessary, he may order the accused to be forwarded to a magistrate having such jurisdiction: provided that— 1[(a) the magistrate may authorise the detention of the accused person, otherwise than in the custody of the police, beyond the period of fifteen days, if he is satisfied that adequate grounds exist for doing so, but no magistrate shall authorise the detention of the accused person in custody under this paragraph for a total period exceeding,— (i) ninety days, where the investigation relates to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years; (ii) sixty days, where the investigation relates to any other offence, and, on the expiry of the said period of ninety days, or sixty days, as the case may be, the accused person shall be released on bail if he is prepared to and does furnish bail, and every person released on bail under this sub- section shall be deemed to be so released under the provisions of chapter xxxiii for the purposes of that chapter;] |     |     |     |     |     ||------|------|------|------|------|(5) if in any case triable by a magistrate as a summons-case, the investigation is not concluded within a period of six months from the date on which the accused was arrested, the magistrate shall make an order stopping further investigation into the offence unless the officer making the investigation satisfies the magistrate that for special reasons and in the interest of justice the continuation of the investigation beyond the period of six months is necessary |             |        |     |            |     ||--------------|---------|------|-------------|------|| postponement |         |      |             |      || 202         | (1)     | any  | magistrate, | on   || thorised     | to      | take | cognizance  | or   || of           | issue   | of   |             |      || process     |         |      |             |      || he           | thinks  | fit, | postpone    | the  || case         | himself | or   | direct      | an   || person       | as      | he   | thinks      | fit, |for proceeding: provided that no such direction for investigation shall be made - (a) where it appears to the magistrate that the offence complained of is triable exclusively by the court of session; or (b) where the complaint has not been made by a court, unless the complainant and the witnesses present (if any) have been examined on oath under section 200,      230 if the accused refuses to plead, or does not plead, or claims to be tried or is not convicted under section 229, the judge shall fix a date for the examination of witnesses, and date for prosecution evidence may, on the application of the prosecution, issue any process for compelling the attendance of any witness or the production of any document or other thing      evidence for prosecution 242 (1) if the accused refuses to plead, or does not plead, or claims to be tried or the magistrate does not convict the accused under section 241, the magistrate shall fix a date for the examination of witnesses (2) the magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing  (3) on the date so fixed, magistrate shall proceed to take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution: provided that the magistrate may permit the cross-examination of any witness to be deferred until any other witness or witnesses have been examined or recall any witness for further cross-examination      256 (1) if the summons has been issued on complaint, and on the day appointed for nonappearance or death of complainant the appearance of the accused, or any day subsequent thereto to which the hearing may be adjourned, the complainant does not appear, the magistrate shall, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, acquit the accused, unless for some reason he thinks it proper to adjourn the hearing of the case to some other day:      provided that where the complainant is represented by a pleader or by the officer conducting the prosecution or where the magistrate is of opinion that the personal attendance of the complainant is not necessary, the magistrate may, dispense with his attendance and proceed with the case      258 in any summons-case instituted otherwise than upon complaint, a magistrate of the first class or, with the previous sanction of the chief judicial magistrate, any other | power       | to    ||-------------|-------|| proceedings | in    || certain     | case |judicial magistrate, may, for reasons to be recorded by him, stop the proceedings at any stage without pronouncing any judgment and where such stoppage of proceedings is made after the evidence of the principal witnesses has been recorded, pronounce a judgment of acquittal, and in any other case, release the accused, and such release shall have the effect of discharge 289, in every case in which a commission is issued under section 284, the inquiry, of proceeding trial or other proceeding may be adjourned for the specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and retum of the commissiun 309 (1) in every inquiry or trial, the proceedings shall be held expeditiously as possi- | power       | to    ||-------------|-------|| postpone    | or    || adjourn     |       || proceeding |       |ble, and in particular, when the examination of witnesses has once begun, the same shall be continued from day to day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless the court finds the adjournment of the same beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded (2) if the court, after taking cognizance of an offence, or commencement of trial, _ finds it necessary or advisable to postpone the commencement of, or adjourn, any inquiry or trial, it may, from time to time, for reasons to be recorded, postpone or adjourn the same on such terms as it thinks fit, for such time as it considers reasonable, and may by a warrant remand the accused if in custody: provided that no magistrate shall remand an accused person to custody under this section for a term exceeding fifteen days at a time: |            |            |        |     |          ||-------------|-------------|---------|------|-----------|| bar         | to          | taking  |      |           || cognizance  |             |         |      |           || 468        | (1)         | except  | as   | otherwise || cognizance  | of an       | offence | of   | the       || of          | limitation |         |      |           || after       | lapse       | of      |      |           || the         | period      | of      |      |           || limitation |             |         |      |           |(2) the period of limitation shall be— (a) six months, if the offence is punishable with tine only; (b) one year, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; (c) three years, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding one year but noi exceeding three years |     |     |     |     |     ||------|------|------|------|------|473 notwithstanding anything contained in the forgoing provisions of this chapter, any court may take cognizance of an offence after the expiry of the period of limitation, if |        | extension    | of      ||--------|--------------|---------|| period | of           | limita- || tion   | in           | certain || cases |              |         |it is satisfied on the facts and in the circumstances of the case that the delay has been properly explained or that it is necessary so to do in the interests of justice |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----|