CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University · LL.B. Semester 4 · 4.2
Unit I — Introduction
Object, extent, Nature and scope of Criminal Procedure · Preliminary Considerations - a. Classification of offences b. Distinction between Investigation, Inquiry and Trial c. Constitution of Criminal Courts and Its Power d. Functionaries under the Code (Police, Public Prosecutor)
Unit II — Arrest
Meaning and purpose of arrest · Arrest with a warrant · Arrest without a warrant · Arrest by a private Person · Arrest of a woman · Arrest how made
Unit III — Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents
Essential conditions for granting maintenance · Jurisdiction of Magistrates · Alteration of allowance · Cancellation of the order of the maintenance
Unit IV — Search and Seizure
Search with a warrant · Search without warrant · General provisions relating to searches · Illegalities in a search and its consequences
Unit V — Investigation
Meaning and purpose of Investigation · Who can investigate? · When police can investigate? · Information to the police · F.I.R. and procedure after the recording of the F.I.R · Evidentiary value of statements made to the police · Investigation in the case of unnatural deaths and suicides, in police custody etc.
Unit VI — Charge And Trials
Framing of charge · Form and content of charge · Separate charges for distinct offences · Discharge - pre-charge evidence · Trials- Trial before a court of session · Trial of warrant cases · Procedure for trial in a summons case · Summary trials · Plea Bargaining
Unit VII — Bail, Appeal, Reference, Revision and Transfer
Bail: concept, purpose: constitutional overtones · When release on bail is mandatory? · When release on bail is Discretion? · Anticipatory bail · Appeal, Reference, Revision and Transfer --Appeal · Reference to High Court · Revision · Transfer of cases