Former Chief Justice of India
Former Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission
Chairperson, National Commission on Conversion
Judge, High Court of Allahabad
In medieval India, subsequent to the law set by the Muslims, the Mohammedan Criminal Law came into prevalence. After the Rebellion of 1857, the crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was passed by the British Parliament. The CrPC was created for the first time ever in 1882 and then amended in 1898, then according to the 41st Law Commission Report in 1973
The present book is based upon the original text of the Code of Criminal Procedure, commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC.). CrPC is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1st April 1974. It provides the machinery for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person and the determination of punishment of the guilty. It also deals with public nuisance, prevention of offences and maintenance of wife, children and parents