Get into a police case

[tufguy]

Do we say that someone gets into a police case? Like "John got into a police case over a petty issue".

 

[SoothingDave]

No.

 

[emsr2d2]

Do we say that someone "gets into" a police case? Like For example, "John got into a police case over a petty issue".

No. Do you simply mean that he was arrested?

 

[tufguy]

No. Do you simply mean that he was arrested?

No, not arrested but an FIR has been registered against him. Now he has a police case in his name and there is an ongoing case on him. He may be out of jail on bail but he hasn't been given a clean chit or he hasn't been exonerated.

 

[Tarheel]

Unless they somehow do it differently in India, if a person is out of jail on bail he was arrested.

I'm not at all sure what an FIR is.

By "case" I am pretty sure you mean the person has been charged with a crime.

I'm not sure what you mean by "a clean chit", but I think it's the same as exoneration. (I could be wrong.)

 

[tufguy]

Unless they somehow do it differently in India, if a person is out of jail on bail he was arrested.

I'm not at all sure what an FIR is.

By "case" I am pretty sure you mean the person has been charged with a crime.

I'm not sure what you mean by "a clean chit", but I think it's the same as exoneration. (I could be wrong.)

A case has been registered in his name. Is it correct?

FIR is the first information report.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm not sure what you mean. Either he has been arrested and charged with a crime or he has not.

A victim of a crime files a police report. (Then the police do nothing with it. )

 

[tufguy]

I'm not sure what you mean. Either he has been arrested and charged with a crime or he has not.

A victim of a crime files a police report. (Then the police do nothing with it. )

He can't been arrested but there is a case registered in his name. Investigation is going on. He is a convict.

 

[Tarheel]

If he can't be arrested it's because he's already in jail.

 

[emsr2d2]

He can't been arrested but there is a case registered in his name. An investigation is going on.

This makes no sense. The first four words aren't grammatical. I think you need one of the following:

He can't be arrested.
He can't have been arrested.
He hasn't been arrested.
They have completely different meanings.

My best guess at the intended meaning of your opening two sentences is "The police are investigating him but they haven't arrested him yet". Is that about right?

We don't say "there is a case registered in his name" or "a case has been registered against him".

He is a convict.

This can be true only if he has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a prison sentence for it. If he was imprisoned for something in the past but released at the end of his sentence, he's an "ex-convict".

You said in an earlier post that he's out on bail at the moment. In that case, he's not a convict. He hasn't been convicted of anything. He's on bail awaiting further action by the police or awaiting his first formal court hearing.

Here's a very simplified breakdown of how a criminal case goes:

1. A crime is committed.
2. The police investigate and find their prime suspect.
3. They collect as much evidence as possible against that suspect.
4. They arrest the suspect.
5. The suspect goes into some kind of detention (police custody cells/a prison) under arrest.
6. At this stage, the suspect might or might not actually be charged with the crime.
7. There might be a bail hearing. If bail is granted, the suspect is released from detention but is still under investigation (or has been charged but released on bail). The bail will last until the first court hearing (unless the suspect breaks the terms of their bail first).
8. The suspect is charged with the crime and court hearing(s) occur.
9. The person is either convicted or acquitted.
10. If they're acquitted, they're free to leave the court immediately.
11. If they're convicted, a judge (or jury) decides on the sentence. It might be prison. It might be community service. It might be several things. The important thing is that the person cannot be called a convict until they have been convicted (found guilty) of the crime.

Of course, the Indian legal system could be completely different but if you're going to write texts on this forum about these matters, you have to understand that we're going to look at them from the perspective of our own legal system and try to choose the appropriate language for that system. We're not going to be able to study the entire Indian legal system to find out if things work so differently there that your (English) sentences make sense.

 

[Tarheel]

These days it's possible for a person to be arrested, spend two nights in jail, go before a judge (video arraignment), have their case dismissed then have to find their way back home in the middle of the night.