Forcible summons is a compulsory measure taken by judicial organs to force criminal suspects and defendants who are not in custody to attend the case for interrogation. The longest detention period shall not exceed 24 hours, and the criminal suspect or defendant shall not be detained continuously.
Bail pending trial refers to a compulsory measure that the judicial organ orders the criminal suspect or defendant to put forward a guarantor or pay a deposit to ensure that he will not evade or hinder the investigation, prosecution and trial, and will be present when summoned. The maximum period of bail pending trial shall not exceed 12 months.
residential surveillance refers to the compulsory measures taken by judicial organs to order criminal suspects and defendants not to leave designated areas within a certain period of time, and to monitor and control their actions. The maximum period of residential surveillance shall not exceed six months.
detention refers to the compulsory measures taken by the public security and procuratorial organs to temporarily restrict the personal freedom of a flagrante delicto or a major criminal suspect in a legal emergency. If the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest the detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for approval within three days after detention. Under special circumstances, it can be extended for 1 to 4 days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times, or commit crimes in groups, the period may be extended to 3 days. The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days from the date of receiving approval of arrest from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest.
Arrest refers to a compulsory measure taken by judicial organs to deprive criminal suspects and defendants of their personal freedom and detain them according to law in order to prevent them from obstructing criminal proceedings and from being investigated, prosecuted, tried or causing social danger.
The above five measures are arranged in the order from light to heavy enforcement. Being taken criminal compulsory measures does not necessarily lead to a sentence, and each case generally needs to go through three stages: investigation, prosecution and trial. In the investigation stage, if the public security organ finds that the case does not constitute a crime, it will make a decision to dismiss the case, otherwise it will be transferred for review and prosecution. In the stage of review and prosecution, the procuratorial organ conducts a comprehensive review of the case and makes a decision on whether to prosecute or not to prosecute according to the case. At the trial stage, if the court decides that it does not constitute a crime after trial, if the facts are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, and the defendant is found guilty according to law, a guilty verdict will be made.