Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Code, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:-
(i) Courts of Session;
(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, in any metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates;
(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and
(iv) Executive Magistrates.
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement
Section 3 Construction of references
Section 4 Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws
Section 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
Section 7 Territorial divisions
Section 10 Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
Section 11 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
Section 12 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
Section 13 Special Judicial Magistrates
Section 14 Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
Section 15 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
Section 16 Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
Section 17 Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Section 18 Special Metropolitan Magistrates