The pardon in the crime of abduction effected after the filing of the complaint in court prohibits the prosecution of the offense.
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Short title extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 .
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply-
(a) to the State of Nagaland,
(b) to the tribal areas, but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification. Explanation.- In this section," tribal areas" means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972 , were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong.
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1974 .
2. Definitions. In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) " bailable offence" means an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule, or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force; and" non- bailable offence" means any other offence;
(b) " charge" includes any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one;
(c) " cognizable offence" means an offence for which, and" cognizable case" means a case in which, a police officer may, in
accordance with the First Schedule or under any other law for the time being in force, arrest without warrant;
(d) " complaint" means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Code, that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. Explanation.- A report made by a police officer in a case which discloses, after investigation, the commission of a non- cognizable offence shall be deemed to be a complaint; and the police officer by whom such report is made shall be deemed to be the complainant;
(e) " High Court" means,-
(i) in relation to any State, the High Court for that State;
(ii) in relation to a Union territory to which the juris- diction of the High Court for a State has been extended by law, that High Court;
(iii) in relation to any other Union territory, the highest Court of criminal appeal for that territory other than the Supreme Court of India;
(f) " India" means the territories to which this Code extends;
(g) " inquiry" means every inquiry, other than a trial, conducted under this Code by a Magistrate or Court;
(h) " investigation" includes all the proceedings under this Code for the collection of evidence conducted by a police officer or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorised by a Magistrate in this behalf;
(i) " judicial proceeding" includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath;
(j) " local jurisdiction", in relation to a Court or Magistrate, means the local area within which the Court or Magistrate may exercise all or any of its or his powers under this Code 1 and such local area may comprise the whole of the State, or any part of the State, as the State Government may, by notification, specify];