Crpc-1 BLL-681 Sess (2018-20121) Regular

The Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 is the procedural law providing the machinery for the punishment of offenders under substantive criminal law.The code contains elaborate details about the procedure to be followed in every investigation, inquiry and trial, for every offence under the IPC or any other law. Earlier there was no uniform law of criminal procedure until the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1882; it was replaced by the Code of 1898. The act was amended in 1923 and 1955.

(This code was repealed by the Code of 1973 enacted by Parliament on 25th January 1974 and made effective from 1-04-1974 so as to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure. Its object is to provide machinery for determining the guilt of and imposing punishment on offenders under the substantive criminal law, for example, the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.). The two Codes are to be read together. The Code also provides machinery for the punishment of offences under other Acts.)

The Code of Criminal Procedure is complete code with respect to matters provided under it, thus the code must be deemed to be exhaustive. The Supreme Court has said “It is the procedure that spells much of the difference between the rule of law and the rule of whim and caprice”. (Iqbal v. State of Maharashtra (1975) 3 SCC

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the Course student should be able to:

Critically analyze and evaluate the process of proving facts within the courts of Pakistan.
Work in a team in a professional and ethical manner.
Demonstrate advanced capacity to use feedback to inform personal and professional development. Utilize critical self-evaluation to drive improvement.

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