Code of Criminal Procedure (India)

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
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Parliament of India
  • An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.
CitationThe Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Territorial extent India
Assented to25 January 1974
Commenced1 April 1974
Repealed1 July 2024
Legislative history
Third reading3
Committee report
  • 41st Report of the Law Commission of India (1969)
  • 37th Report of the Law Commission of India (1967)
  • 14th Report of the Law Commission of India (1958)
  • Joint Committee on the Code of Criminal Procedure Bill, 1970
  • Report of the Expert Committee on Legal Aid- Processual Justice to the People (1973)
Amended by
see Amendments
Repealed by
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Related legislation
Summary
Procedure for administration of substantive criminal laws.
Status: Abrogated

The Code of Criminal Procedure, commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), was the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India.[1] It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974.[2] 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, child and parents.

On 11 August 2023, a Bill to replace the CrPC with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was introduced in the Lok Sabha.[3] On 26 December 2023, it was replaced with Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

  1. ^ Bharti, Dalbir (2005). The Constitution and criminal justice administration. APH Publishing. p. 320.
  2. ^ Menon, N. R. Madhava; Banerjea, D.; West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (2005). Criminal Justice India Series: pts. 1-2. Chandigarh. Allied Publishers. p. 229.
  3. ^ "Legal experts hail Centre's move to revamp colonial-era IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act". ANI News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.