BAILABLE AND NONBAILABLE OFFENCE[CD1]
Bailable offence is one where the
defendant (the one who is defending himself in a criminal case) may be able to
secure his release upon the payment of bail. These are the cases where
the grant of bail is a matter of course and right.
If a person is held under a non-bailable offence, he
cannot claim the grant of bail as a matter of right. But the law gives special
consideration in favor of granting bail where the accused is under
sixteen, a woman, sick or infirm, or if the court is
satisfied that it is just and proper for any other special reason to give
rather than refuse bail.
Section |
Offence |
Bailable/Non -bailable |
Punishment |
107 |
Abetment |
Depends on the offence |
Depends on the offence |
120B |
Criminal conspiracy to commit an offence
punishable with death |
Depends on the offence. E.g. for Punishment
for murder, Non-bailable |
Depends on the offence |
121 |
Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting
the waging of war, against the Government of India |
Non-bailable |
Imprisonment for life or imprisonment upto
10 years along with fine |
124A |
Sedition. |
Non-bailable |
Imprisonment for
life and fine or Imprisonment for
3 years and fine or fine. |
131 |
Abetting mutiny or
attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman |
Non-bailable |
Imprisonment for
life or 10 years with fine |
140 |
Wearing soldier’s
garb, sailor, airman |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3
months along with 500 |
144 |
Punishment for
unlawful assembly |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6
months with fine |
154 |
Owner or occupier of
land on which unlawful assembly is held |
Bailable |
INR 1000 fine |
158 |
Being hired to be
part of unlawful assembly or riot |
Bailable |
Imprisonment
for 6 months up to 2 yrs along with fine |
166A |
Public servant
disobeying direction under law |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6
months up to 2 yrs |
167 |
Public servant
framing incorrect document |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3
years and fine |
172 |
Absconding to avoid service of summons |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 month or fine INR
1000 |
177 |
Furnishing false information |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months and fine INR, 1000 |
181 |
False statement on oath to public servants |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years along with fine |
186 |
Disobedience to order duly promulgated by
public servant |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 months and fine of INR
500 |
189 |
Threat of injury to public servant |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years along with fine |
191 |
Giving false evidence |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for seven years along with fine |
195A |
Threatening any person to give false
evidence |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for seven years along with fine |
203 |
Giving false information respecting an
offence |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for two years along with fine |
210 |
Fraudulently making false claim in court |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for two years along with fine |
213 |
Taking gift, to screen an offender from
punishment |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for three to seven
years along with fine |
223 |
Escape from confinement or custody
negligently suffered by public servant |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for two years along with fine |
228 |
Intentionally insult or interruption to
public servant sitting in judicial proceeding |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months along with fine of
INR 1000 |
232 |
Counterfeiting Indian coin |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for life or 10 years with fine |
238 |
Import or export of counterfeiting Indian
coin |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for life or 10 years with fine |
246 |
Fraudulently diminishing weight of coin |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years with fine |
255 |
Counterfeiting of government stamp |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years with fine |
264 |
Fraudulent use or false instrument for
weighing |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 year with fine |
269 |
Negligent act likely to spread infectious
disease dangerous to life |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months with fine |
272 |
Adulteration for food or drink intended for
sale |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months with fine of INR
1000 |
274 |
Adulteration of drug |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months with fine of INR
1000 |
275 |
Sale of adulterated drug |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months with fine of
INR 1000 |
279 |
Rash driving or riding on a public way |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 6 months with fine of
INR 1000 |
283 |
Danger or obstruction in public way or line
of navigation |
Bailable |
INR 200 |
292 |
Sale of obscene book |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years with fine of INR
2000 |
295 |
Injuring places of worship with an intent to
insult the religion of any class |
nb |
Imprisonment for 2 years with fine. |
295A |
Deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage
religious feelings of any class, by insulting religious beliefs. |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years with fine. |
297 |
Trespassing on burial places |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 years with fine. |
302 |
Punishment for murder |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for life term or capital
punishment |
304 |
Punishment for Culpable homicide not
amounting to murder. |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 10 years with fine |
304A |
Punishment for causing death by
negligence |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years. |
304B |
Dowry death |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 years up to life term. |
306 |
Abetment of suicide |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 10 years with fine. |
307 |
Attempt to murder |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 10 years with fine. |
308 |
Attempt to commit culpable homicide |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3-7 years with fine. |
309 |
Attempt to commit suicide |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 year or with fine. |
318 |
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of
body |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years with fine. |
323 |
Causing hurt |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 years with fine. |
349 |
Using force |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 months or with fine of
INR 500 |
354D |
Stalking |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 months or with
fine. |
363 |
Punishment for Kidnapping |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 months or with fine |
369 |
Abduction of child under 10 |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 months or with fine |
370 |
Trafficking of person |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 7-10 years or with
fine |
376 |
Punishment for Rape |
Non bailable |
Rigorous imprisonment for life or not less
than 7 years |
376D |
Gang rape |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 20 years which may extend
till life |
377 |
Unnatural offence |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 10 years which may extend
till life |
379 |
Punishment for Theft |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
384 |
Punishment for Extortion |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years |
392 |
Punishment for Robbery |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
395 |
Punishment for Dacoity |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 10 years and fine |
406 |
Punishment for Criminal breach of
trust |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
411 |
Dishonestly receiving Stolen property |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
417 |
Punishment for Cheating |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 1 years and fine |
420 |
Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery
of property |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine |
426 |
Punishment for Mischief |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 months |
447 |
Punishment for Criminal trespass |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 months and fine of INR
500 |
465 |
Forgery |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years and fine |
477A |
Falsification of accounts |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years and fine |
489A |
Counterfeiting currency notes or banknotes |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for life and fine |
489C |
Possession of forged currency notes or banknotes |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine |
494 |
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or
wife |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine |
496 |
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through
without lawful marriage |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine |
498 |
Enticing or taking away or detaining with
criminal intent |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years and fine |
498A |
Husband or relative of husband of a woman
subjecting her to cruelty |
Non bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
500 |
Punishment for Defamation |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years and fine |
506 |
Criminal intimidation |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 2 years for simple offence
and 7 years if threat is to cause death or grievous hurt |
509 |
Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty
of a woman |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 3 years and fine |
510 |
Misconduct in public by drunken person |
Bailable |
Imprisonment for 24 hours and fine of
INR 10 |
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