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Proclamation requiring appearance of accused person (CrPC 82/83-like notice)
A court-issued proclamation requires an accused person to appear before the court and warns of consequences if non-compliance continues.
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 28 Jul 2026 · 1 min
Key takeaways
- Criminal trials use court “processes” and “notices” to ensure the accused person gets lawful information and a clear time to respond.
- A proclamation notice is a structured court directive that asks the accused person to come before the court within a stated time, and it signals further steps if the accused person keeps not complying.
- Due process in criminal cases means the government must follow procedure that gives the accused person fair notice before the court proceeds against legal rights.
What happened (court proclamation requiring an accused person to appear)
A criminal court record contains multiple boxed proclamation notices that require the accused person to appear before the court.
The notices are written in formal proclamation language and are linked to ongoing judicial proceedings.
The UPSC angle
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Criminal procedure as due-process communication: proclamations and timelines
UPSC can frame the proclamation requiring appearance as an example of how criminal courts communicate obligations to affected persons—by stating what the accused must do, the procedural authority behind it, and the consequences if the timeline is missed.
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