R.V. Kelkar's Lectures on Criminal Procedure: Based on Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Including Probation and Juvenile Justice)

R.V. Kelkar's classic work is thoroughly overhauled and rewritten for India's new criminal procedure regime under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This 7th edition blends scholarly insight with classroom clarity, offering topic-wise lectures, practice questions, and crisp commentary on revolutionary changes, including tech-driven procedures, plea bargaining reforms, and arrest safeguards. This book is a must-have for every law student and practitioner navigating India's evolving criminal justice system.

Key Features:

• New Sanhita-Aligned: Fully updated to reflect the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, replacing the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
• Lecture-Based Learning Format: A unique "lecture" approach for smooth and structured understanding.
• Topic-Wise Logical Arrangement: Carefully sequenced lectures covering the law step by step.
• Updated Case Law and Legal Insight: Features the latest Supreme Court and High Court rulings.
• Exercises for Concept Clarity: Engaging end-of-lecture questions for a deeper grasp and exam preparation.

This book will be immensely valuable to students of LLB and LLM programs, as well as to law school faculty, administrators, judges, advocates, researchers, and anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of criminal procedure.

Reviews

There are numerous books published on the Criminal Procedure Code, but the present one is a classic itself. It brings out the intricacies of the principles and provisions behind the judicial decisions in precise, concise, and lucid terms and language...It's a unique book, immensely useful to lawyers practicing on the Criminal side, and students to keep abreast with this branch of law.

- Gujarat Law Reporter

The qualities are too numerous to evaluate, and it is too difficult to find errors. The format remaining Kelkarian, the reviser has proved himself to be a proud student of the illustrious author. All important aspects are supported by the latest Supreme Court and High Court decisions. The exercises at the end of the lectures, based on the latest decisions and articles, ably prove the amount of research done in the preparation of the work. The source of information and the material mentioned in the exercises will certainly help a teacher prepare for their classes. The contents and the subject index are well prepared.

- Academy Law Review

Table of Statutes
Table of Cases

• Lecture 1 - Some Preliminary Considerations
• Lecture 2 - Functionaries Under the BNSS
• Lecture 3 - Arrest
• Lecture 4 - Search and Seizure
• Lecture 5 - Investigation
• Lecture 6 - Local Jurisdiction of the Courts and the Police
• Lecture 7 - Cognizance of Offence and Commencement of Judicial Proceedings
• Lecture 8 - Bail
• Lecture 9 - Principle Features of Fair Trial
• Lecture 10 - Types of Trials: Some Common Features
• Lecture 11 - Charge
• Lecture 12 - Trial of Warrant Cases
• Lecture 13 - Procedure for Trial of Summons Cases and Summary Trial
• Lecture 14 - Disposal of Criminal Cases Without a Full Trial
• Lecture 15 - Judgment
• Lecture 16 - Appeals
• Lecture 17 - Reference, Revision and Transfer
• Lecture 18 - Execution of Sentence and Other Connected Matters
• Lecture 19 - Preventive Measures and Security Proceedings
• Lecture 20 - Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents
• Lecture 21 - Juvenile Justice
• Lecture 22 - Probation

Appendix
Suggested Readings
Subject Index