Definitions of core criminal-process terms clarify scope of arrest, bail, jurisdiction and electronic communication under the Sanhita. This section defines core terms for the Sanhita: electronic communication and audio video electronic means for use in identification, search, seizure and evidence; bail concepts and distinction between bailable and non bailable offences; cognizable and non cognizable offences; complaint and police report (with deeming of certain police reports as complaints); institutional terms (High Court, police station, officer in charge, local jurisdiction); procedural categories (inquiry, investigation, judicial proceeding); and substantive categories (offence, place, victim, summons case, warrant case), with conflict and incorporation rules referencing special Acts and the Information Technology Act.