Question

Serious crimes such as theft, robbery are dealt under ______law. ​

Answer 1

Serious crimes such as theft, robbery are dealt under criminal law.

Criminal law:

"Offenses which are committed against any individual but are seen as being against everybody, even though it does not, come under the Criminal law."

Types of laws:

Our Indian Judicial System has four types of laws they are - criminal law, civil law, common law and statutory law.

Criminal law of India:

• The laws that comes under criminal law in India are the " Indian Penal Co de (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Cod e (CrPC)" .
• The Indian Penal C ode (IPC) is the chief document in which all the criminal acts and the punishments they ought to be charged with are included.
• The Criminal Procedure Cod e (CrPC) includes all the procedures that has to be followed during the investigation and trial by the court and the police.

The IPC includes two types of offences:

Cognizable offence in which, the police can arrest the person without a warrant.

Non-cognizable offence in which, the police cannot arrest the person without a warrant.