What is criminal proceeding?
Criminal proceedings means court proceedings in a criminal action after the arrest of an accused and before any appeal is instituted.
So that, it is the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are made.
Criminal proceeding include all actions for the enforcement of the Penal Laws.
Categories of criminal offence
Summary offences
Indictable offences
(also known as notifiable offences)
Alleged offences
Summary offences
Guilt or innocence of a petty crime is usually resolved in a summary proceeding.
Defendant may have an attorney present with him at the hearing or defend himself.
Tried without jury.
Summary offences are minor crimes only triable in the Magistrates’ Court.…
