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Section 2(i) CrPC defines a **"judicial proceeding"** as one that:
A{'text': 'Excludes inquiries and trials but includes police investigations and FIR registration formalities at any police station', 'label': 'A'}
B{'text': 'Includes any administrative meeting of officials of the executive branch of Government of any State of India', 'label': 'B'}
C{'text': 'Includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath', 'label': 'C'}
D{'text': 'Includes only those proceedings that take place in open court before the Supreme Court of India in original jurisdiction', 'label': 'D'}
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. {'text': 'Includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath', 'label': 'C'}
1. Section 2(i) CrPC defines "judicial proceeding" to **include any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath**.
2. The lesson confirms: the term includes **inquiry** and **trial**, but **not investigation**.
3. The Privy Council's view in *Pakala Narayanaswami v. Emperor* and the Supreme Court's line in *Ram Khilari v. State of Rajasthan* draw the same distinction — police investigation is NOT a judicial proceeding.
4. Administrative meetings, FIRs and Supreme Court hearings do not capture the section's definition.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 — Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Lesson 10 (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), pp. 244-249._
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