Legal tools
Calculators, decoders and draft formats that work out the answer for your case — each one cites the section it relies on.
- FIR DecoderPaste the sections written on an FIR and read what each one means.Open tool
- Offence CheckerPick a section — bailable or not, cognizable or not, and which court.Open tool
- Find an offence by its consequenceWhich offences carry ten years, which allow arrest without a warrant, which can be settled.Open tool
- Punishment CalculatorAdd more than one section and see the combined imprisonment and fine exposure.Open tool
- Limitation calculatorFor some offences a court cannot take cognizance after a fixed period. This follows BNSS ss.514–519 (formerly CrPC ss.468–473).Open tool
- Cheque bounce — the timelineA dishonoured cheque runs on three fixed dates, and all three are strict. Enter the date on the bank's return memo and the notice, payment and complaint deadlines are worked out here.Open tool
- Complaint and application formatsReady formats you fill in and print. Each one states, on its own face, the provision it is made under.Open tool
- Old ↔ new section (IPC–BNS, CrPC–BNSS)Convert one section or a whole FIR line at once, and see where the punishment changed.Open tool
BNSS procedure
- Bail route finderEnter the sections: whether bail is a right or a discretion, which court, and whether anticipatory bail lies.Open tool
- Default-bail clock60 or 90 days from the first remand — the day bail becomes a right if no charge-sheet is filed.Open tool
- Plea bargaining and summary trialWhether these sections allow plea bargaining, a summary trial or probation.Open tool
- Can it be compounded?Whether a settlement with the victim can end the case, and whether the court's permission is needed.Open tool
- Juvenile category of an offencePetty, serious or heinous under the Juvenile Justice Act — and what it means for a child of 16 to 18.Open tool
- What section is this?Describe what happened in your own words — the sections that match and the next step.Open tool
Deadlines and forums
- Which consumer commissionDistrict, State or National Commission by the amount paid; fee, time limit and appeals.Open tool
- RTI timelineFrom the filing date: the reply, first appeal and second appeal deadlines.Open tool
- Civil limitationLimitation Act, 1963 — the time limit and last date for suits, appeals and applications.Open tool