Code of Criminal Procedure,1973

This 2025 edition of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) provides India’s complete procedural framework for investigation, inquiry, trial, appeal, and execution of criminal cases. It incorporates every current amendment, notably the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (Act 34 of 2019, w.e.f. 31-10-2019) and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act 22 of 2018, w.e.f. 21-4-2018), ensuring seamless conformity with today’s legal landscape.

The Code comprehensively regulates:
• Investigation & arrest procedures, including FIRs, police powers, and custodial safeguards
• Bail & remand rules, rights of the accused, and judicial oversight of detention
• Jurisdiction, cognizance & committal for Magistrates, Sessions Courts, and Special Courts
• Trial stages—charge framing, plea, evidence, examination, and judgment delivery
• Sentencing, suspension, remission & parole mechanisms, plus victim-compensation provisions
• Appeals, revisions & references before High Courts and the Supreme Court
• Maintenance, security for good behaviour, and preventive provisions to safeguard public order

Presented without annotations, commentary, or case law, this Bare Act reproduces the statute verbatim—ideal for precise legal practice and focused academic study.

This edition is particularly suitable for:
• AIBE aspirants and law students specialising in criminal procedure
• Judicial-service, civil-service, and other competitive-exam candidates who require an unaltered statute
• Practising advocates, prosecutors, defence counsel, and judicial officers engaged in criminal litigation
• Academicians, criminologists, and policy analysts examining procedural reforms and justice delivery

By providing the exact legislative language—free of editorial additions—this edition guarantees clarity, authenticity, and reliability for courtroom citation, classroom instruction, and rigorous scholarly work.