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