Offences triable by a Sessions Court
The gravest offences. A Sessions Court cannot take cognizance directly — the case reaches it on committal by a Magistrate.
355 Results · First Schedule column 6.
- 15Punishment for contravention in relation to poppy straw.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 17Punishment for contravention in relation to prepared opium.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 18Punishment for contravention in relation to opium poppy and opium.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 19Punishment for embezzlement of opium by cultivator.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 20Punishment for contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 21Punishment for contravention in relation to manufactured drugs and preparations.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 22Punishment for contravention in relation to psychotropic substances.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 23Punishment for illegal import in to India, export from India or transhipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 24Punishment for external dealings in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in contravention of section 12.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 27APunishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 59Failure of officer in duty or his connivance at the contravention of the provisions of this Act.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · 20 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 25Punishment for certain offences.Arms Act · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 10More heinous offencesArunachal Armed Police Act, 1993 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 11Punishment for heinous offences :BIHAR SPECIAL ARMED POLICE ACT, 2021 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 99Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.BNS · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 379BSnatching with hurt, wrongful restraint or fear of hurt. Whoever, in order to commit snatching, or in committing the snatching, causes hurt or wrongful restraint or fear of hurt; or after committing the offence of snatching, causes hurt or wrongful restraint or fear of hurt in order to effect his escape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine of rupees twenty five thousand"Indian Penal Code (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2014 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 36Maliciously doing, abetting or attempting to do, acts endangering safety of persons travelling or being upon aerial ropewayGujarat Aerial Ropeways Act, 1955 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 14More heinous offencesThe Bombay State Reserve Police Force Act, 1951 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 36Punishments for acts or attempts tending to endanger safety or persons travelling or being upon aerial ropewaysHimachal Pradesh Aerial Ropeways Act, 1968 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 115Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.?if offence not committed.if act causing harm be done in consequence.IPC · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 222Section 222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committedIPC · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 36Punishments for acts of attempts tending to endanger safety of persons travelling or being upon aerial ropewayThe Jammu and Kashmir Aerial Ropeways Act, 2002 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 155More heinous offencesKarnataka Police Act, 1963 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 155More heinous offences.—The Karnataka Police Act, 1963. · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 16Mure heinous offencesThe M.P. Vishesh Sashastra Bal Adhiniyam, 1968 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 36Maliciously doing abetting or attempting to do, acts endangering safety of persons travelling or being upon aerial ropewayThe Maharashtra Aerial Ropeways Act, 1956 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5Punishment for more heinous offencesThe Orissa Special Armed Police Act, 1946 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5Punishment for more heinous offencesThe Orissa Special Armed Police Act, 1946 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 6More Heinous OffencesRajasthan Armed Constabulary Act, 1950 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 3Penalties for spyingSikkim Official Secrets Act, 1966 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 4Wrongful communication of informationSikkim Official Secrets Act, 1966 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5More heinous offences.The Bengal Military Police Act, 1892. · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 9More heinous offences.The Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 3Punishment of grave breaches of conventions.The Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 · DeathNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5Procuring, inducing or taking person for the sake of prostitution.The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5Punishment for organising or directing others to participate in an act of piracy.The Maritime Anti-Piracy Act, 2022. · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 166Penalties for aiding escape or attempt to escape of prisoners and for breach of prison regulations.The Navy Act, 1957 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 3Penalties for spying.The Official Secrets Act, 1923 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 3Offences against ship, fixed platform, cargo of a ship, maritime navigational facilities, etc.The Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 · DeathNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 40Offence of raising fund for a terrorist organisationThe Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 10More heinous offencesTripura State Rifles Act, 1983 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 6More heinous offences,The Uttar Pradesh Pradeshik Armed Constabulary Act, 1948 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 34Maliciously doing, abetting or attempting to do, acts endangering safety of persons travelling or being upon Aerial RopewayThe Bengal Aerial Ropeways Act, 1923 · 14 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 41Preservation of chitty records by foremanKerala Chitties Act, 1975 · 12 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 37APenalty for adulteration resulting in death etcAndhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 4Penalty for Ragging.—Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Of Ragging Act, 1997 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 7Abetment.—Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Of Ragging Act, 1997 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 5Penalty for ragging:Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging in All Educational Institutions Rules, 2002 · Imprisonment for lifeNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 9Penalty for offence with preparation to cause hurt etcThe Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention Of Malpractices And Unfair Means) Act, 1997 · 10 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
- 26Secret contraventions.Arms Act · 10 yearsNon-bailableCognizableCourt of Session
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Which code applies?
Procedure: the BNSS governs every case registered on or after 1 July 2024; an investigation, inquiry or trial already pending on that day continues under the CrPC (BNSS s.531(2)(a)). Offences: an act committed on or after 1 July 2024 is charged under the BNS; one committed before it, under the IPC.