Terms use in Courts
These are some important legal short terms use in courts on daily basis
Glossary of Legal and Police Abbreviations
ADP – Assistant Director of Prosecution
APP – Assistant Public Prosecutor
CC No – Calendar Case Number
CJM – Chief Judicial Magistrate
DDP – Deputy Director of Prosecution
DJ – District Judge
DW – Defense Witness
FTC – Fast Track Court
JM – Judicial Magistrate
MC – Magisterial Clerk
NBW – Non Bailable Warrant
PP – Public Prosecutor
PRC No. – Preliminary Registration Case Number
PT – Pending Trial
PT Warrant – Prisoner Transfer Warrant
PW – Prosecution Witness
SC No. – Sessions Case Number
STC No – Summary Trial Case Number
Case Types
- (PT) CASE – Pending Trial Case
- CC – Calendar Case
- STC – Summary Trial Case
- PRC – Preliminary Registration Case
- SC – Sessions Case
Legal Documentation
- AR Copy – Accident Register Copy
- CD – Case Diary
- Cr.No. – Crime Number
- FIR – First Information Report
- FP – Finger Print
- FR – Final Report
- IO – Investigation Officer
- IP – In Patient
- LCD – Last Case Diary
- MO – Modus Offender
- MO – Medical Officer
- PM – Post Mortem
- PMC – Post Mortem Certificate
- PNR – Prisoner Nominal Roll
- RCS – Referred Charge Sheet
- R/w – Read with
- Sec. – Section
- SOC – Scene of Crime
- UI – Under Investigation
- u/s – Under Section
- WC – Wound Certificate
Criminal Records and Reports
- AD – Action Dropped
- UN – Undetected
- CSR – Community Service Register
- GCR – Grave Crime Report or General Conviction Register
- GD – General Diary
- LLI – Loose Leaf Index
- PSR – Prisoners Search Register
- SHO – Station House Officer
- SHR – Station House Report
Criminal Offender Categories
- BC – Bad Character
- DC – Dossier Criminal
- HO – Habitual Offender
- HS – History Sheet
- KD – Known Depredator
- LFO – Local First Offender
- LKD – Local Known Depredator
- NLFO – Non Local First Offender
- NLKD – Non Local Known Depredator
Law Enforcement Terms
- L & O – Law and Order
- OD – Other Duty
- PSO – Police Standing Order / Personnel Security Officer
