Live · BNS / BNSS / BSA 2023 mapped · Hindi + English

Bail application.
1 hour → 5 minutes.

AI co-counsel for India's criminal advocates. Research with citations verified three ways, voice-first court drafting, 40+ application formats — Hindi and English.

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Try it — tap a real query 3.5 crore+ judgments · citations verified 3 ways
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40+
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Research → draft → PDF.

One legal query to a filing-ready bail application. Three minutes, start to finish.

01 Research

The precedent your opponent didn't find.

3.5 crore+ judgments across the Supreme Court, every High Court and the tribunals — plus live Indian Kanoon. Every citation is verified. No hallucinated case IDs, ever.

situation → authorities
One situation. The cases that win it.
“Anticipatory bail — economic offence, accused cooperating, no custodial interrogation required.”
SC
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab · (1980) 2 SCC 565 — foundational
SC
Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar · (2014) 8 SCC 273 — arrest only when necessary
Const. Bench
Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) · (2020) 5 SCC 1 — no time limit on protection
verification
Three-check guarantee.
Generic AI invents cases. Headnote can't — by design.
01
The case exists
Case ID matched against the corpus + Indian Kanoon.
02
The paragraph is real
Anchor checked against the judgment text.
03
The quote is verbatim
No paraphrased Bench observations slipped in.
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BNS · BNSS · BSA ↔ old codes.
Old section and new section, both visible. Transition-era matters stay legible.
fame.indicator
Landmark · obscure · curated.
Pick the obvious authority or the hidden one. A tactical choice, not a lottery.
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¶ → Indian Kanoon.
Every case ID and paragraph is clickable. Verify it yourself before you file.
02 Drafting

Dictate the facts. File the application.

The Smart Drafter asks the questions a good typist would, then writes court-ready prose in Hindi or English. 40+ formats, BNSS & CrPC mapped.

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Conversational input.
Court-perfect output.
Pick a format or just describe the matter. Headnote infers what to draft and asks one focused question at a time. Voice or text — your call.
IN THE COURT OF THE SESSIONS JUDGE
Bail Application No. [auto] / 2026
Applicant — [name], aged 28
R/o — [address from FIR]
Versus
State, P.S. [police station]
Brief Facts: On 12.02.2026, the applicant was arrested u/s 309, 318 BNS…
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Photo of an FIR → a filled draft.
Snap the NCRB I.I.F.-I. Accused, sections, police station, narrative — auto-extracted in 6–12 seconds. Hindi or English OCR.
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Rough notes → court prose.
A ✨ button on every long-text field. The lawyer's dictation, the junior's draft, the typist's headers — same one-tap polish.
03 Voice

Tap. Speak. File.

Your voice is the fastest input you have. Headnote understands legal Hindi, court English, and the mix advocates actually speak.

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Hindi · English · auto-detect
voice.web-speech + whisper
Dictate during a court break.
Formal narrative in 4 seconds.
Web Speech for instant transcription, Groq Whisper as a fallback for Firefox & webviews. Tuned for Indian English & Hindi.
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EN ⇄ हिंदी
One tap. Every field. The whole draft.
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PDF → WhatsApp.
To your junior, your client, the typist. One tap.
+ Section Finder

IPC → BNS, in one search.

The whole bar is re-learning section numbers. Type any old or new section and see the mapping, punishment, cognizability, bailability and trial court — instantly.

Old
S. 420 IPC
Cheating & dishonestly inducing delivery of property
New (2024)
S. 318(4) BNS
Cheating — substantially re-enacted
Punishment: up to 7 yrs + fine Cognizable Non-bailable Magistrate I Class

All three codes

IPC ↔ BNS, CrPC ↔ BNSS, Evidence ↔ BSA — both directions, with what actually changed.

The details that decide bail

Cognizable or not, bailable or not, which court tries it, the punishment range — at a glance.

Built for the transition

Old FIRs cite IPC; new ones cite BNS. Move between them without flipping a single bare act.

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04 Formats

40+ application formats. Court-ready by default.

Every format models what a Magistrate, Sessions or High Court bench expects — header, parties, prayer, verification, signature blocks. Anywhere in India.

tier 1 · most filed
Regular Bail · S.483/439
Anticipatory Bail · S.482/438
Quashing · S.528/482
Vakalatnama
Mention Memo
Writ Petition · Art. 226
tier 2 · specialised
Default Bail · S.187(3)
Discharge Application
Maintenance · S.144/125
Criminal Revision
Reply to Bail (Counter)
Appeal v. Conviction · S.415/374
…and the rest of the criminal & civil bench
SLP · Writs · Tax appeals · Family applications · Service matters · Cheque bounce (S.138 NI) · POCSO · NDPS · PMLA · plus custom formats on request.
05 Pricing
What you see is what's enforced — no asterisks, no hidden caps

Honest pricing. Cancel anytime.

The free demo is the real product — 3 research queries, 2 drafts and unlimited judgment reads. Upgrade only if you'd file what Headnote drafts.

Demo
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  • 2 document drafts
  • Unlimited judgment reads
  • 5 Section Finder lookups
  • Full case-law corpus
  • Export & Hindi PDF on a paid plan
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06 Book a call

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