CrPC Section 212 — Particulars as to time, place and person

CHAPTER XVII THE CHARGE

General

Summary

Sub-section (1) requires a charge to state enough about when and where the alleged offence happened, and about the person (if any) or thing (if any) involved, to give the accused reasonable notice of what they are charged with.

Sub-section (2) applies when the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust or dishonest misappropriation of money or other movable property. The charge may state the total amount of money, or describe the movable property, and give the dates between which the offence is alleged to have happened. It need not list particular items or give exact dates. A charge framed this way is treated as a charge of one offence for section 219. The period from the first date to the last date stated must not exceed one year.

Official Text

(1) The charge shall contain such particulars as to the time and place of the alleged offence, and the person (if any) against whom, or the thing (if any) in respect of which, it was committed, as are reasonably sufficient to give the accused notice of the matter with which he is charged.

(2) When the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust or dishonest misappropriation of money or other movable property, it shall be sufficient to specify the gross sum or, as the case may be, describe the movable property in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and the dates between which the offence is alleged to have been committed, without specifying particular items or exact dates, and the charge so framed shall be deemed to be a charge of one offence within the meaning of section 219:

Provided that the time included between the first and last of such dates shall not exceed one year.

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Related Judgments

  • KALICHARAN & ORS vs STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2022)
  • KUSHAL KUMAR AGARWAL vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • PARVINDER SINGH vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT — Supreme Court of India (2026)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

  • BNSS §235 — Particulars as to time, place and person