Criminal Procedure Code

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The majority of convicts lodged in various jails across India in 2018 were convicted for the offences of murder and rape, and Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states and Union Territories for the...

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits assembly of four or more people, enables the state to take preventive measures to deal with imminent threats to public peace. This section...

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Aimed to curb heinous crimes like rape which have shaken the country on many occasions with brutal assaults on minor girls as well as on adult women, and to instil fear of law, the...

Pune, Dec 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre is committed to bring about reforms in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), governing the criminal justice system in the country. The reaffirmation was made...