Key to Criminal Court Practice & Procedures:
by Narender Kumar
- 7th ed.
- Haryana: LexisNexis Publications, 2024.
- 490p.; 24cm.
1. Criminal Matters 2. How Do Courts Initiate Criminal Proceedings? 3. "Cancellation Report" and "Protest Petition" 4. Lodging Information - Case of Non-Cognizable Offence 5. Courts Dealing With Criminal Matters 6. Institution of Fresh Criminal Cases 7. Requirement of Appearance of Complainant 8. On Apprehending Arrest in False Case 9. How to Lodge Report While Travelling in Train? 10. Theft, Loss, Recovery, Disposal and Release of Property. 11. Procedure for Search of Place Suspected to Contain Stolen Property 12. How to Collect One's Property or Case Property from the Police or Court? 13. What to Do, if Any Person is Being Wrongfully Confined by Someone? 14. How Arrest is to be Made?. 15. Allowing Police to Enter Premises Required to be Searched under the Law 16. Pre-Arrest and Post-Arrest Procedure 17. Who Can Make a Criminal Complaint? 18. What is Process Fee - And as to When it is Required to be Paid? 19. Who Can Conduct Prosecution? 20. Securing Appearance of Accused Before Court 21. Rights of an Accused on His Arrest 22. Processes to Compel the Production of Things 23. Period of Detention in Custody 24. Procedure for Investigation by Police 25. Investigation- Collection, Storage and Leading of Electronic Evidence 26. Case Diary and its Evidentiary Value 27. Jurisdiction of Court(s) to Enquire Into and Try Offences. 28. Taking of Cognizance 29. The Charge 30. Entitlement To Bail 31. Procedure for Disposal of Criminal Case 32. Trial Before a Court of Session 33. Trial of Warrant Cases by Magistrates 34. Summary Trials 35. What After Conviction 36. Statutory Provisions Giving Effect to Principle of Fair Trial 37. Summoning of Additional Accused by Magistrate or Court 38. Withdrawal from Prosecution. 39. Provisions as to Offences Affecting the Administration of Justice 40. Compensation in Criminal Cases 41. Appeals and Revision Petitions 42. Copying Agency 43. Plea Bargaining 44. Compounding of Offences 45. Mediation 46. Maintenance for Wife, Children and Parent 47. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 48. Complaint in a Cheque Bounce Case. 49. Offences under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 50. Offences under Motor Vehicles Act 51. The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 52. Free Legal Aid Annexure New Criminal Laws - Effective Date Notifications Subject Index
Key to Criminal Court Practice and Procedures is a concise yet comprehensive work, written in simple and comprehensible language. It provides in-depth knowledge on the basic procedural aspects of criminal court practice and their probable remedies. Provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure postulate procedural law from the stage of recording of a first information report, enquiry, investigation, trial by Magistrate or Court of Session, presentation of appeal and revision, in addition to the procedure to be followed by the executive authorities, like Sub-divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate on certain aspects, including preventive measures to maintain law and order. All these aspects have been put forth in a lucid manner for the reader to easily understand the practice and procedure followed by the concerned authorities.