Criminal Trial: Law, Practice and Procedure (In 2 Volumes)

The updated 9th edition of Criminal Trial: Law, Practice and Procedure by S.P. Tyagi is a thoroughly revised and expanded two-volume legal treatise that now fully integrates the new criminal law framework under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA).

This edition introduces a step-by-step tabular format for trial procedures, offering unmatched clarity and accessibility for practitioners, students, and judicial officers. It continues to deliver in-depth legal analysis, bolstered with thousands of leading Supreme Court and High Court citations.

Key Features:

• Referencing of BNS, BNSS, and BSA, reflecting the reforms in Indian criminal jurisprudence.
• Step-by-step trial procedure tables make this edition a practical guide in courtrooms.
• Extensive Legal Coverage Including:
  • Cognizance of Offences
  • FIR and Registration
  • Bail Procedures
  • Arrest and Remand
  • Search and Seizure
  • Property Attachment
  • Vicarious Liability
  • Criminal Defences
  • Recall of Witnesses under BNSS
• Includes all recent landmark judgments up to 2025.
• Special Chapters on:
  • Rights of the Accused
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Plea Bargaining
  • Protection of Women under Domestic Violence Act

This two-volume set remains an indispensable reference for advocates, judges, academicians, and students navigating the evolving landscape of criminal law in India.

1. Introductory and Preliminary
2. Basic Rights and Privileges of an accused in a Criminal Trial
3. Law Relating to Terms Trial and Cognizance
4. Importance of Arrest, Investigation and Search and Seizure, provisions in Criminal Trial
5. Constitution and Powers of Criminal Courts
6. Trial of Juvenile Offenders
7. Practice and Procedure of Summons and Summary Trial
8. Trial of Police Challan Warrant cases by Magistrates
9. Practice and Procedure of rial of Complaint Cases
10. Sessions Trial - Practice and Procedure
11. Hearing on the Question of Sentence and Imposition of Sentence including Death Sentence
12. Role of F.I.R. Motive and Res Gestae in Criminal Trial
13. Direct and Circumstantial Evidence
14. Dying Declaration
15. Identification of Accused and Property
16. Examination of Accused under Section 313 Code of Criminal Procedure
17. Admissions Confessions and Recovery under Section 27 Evidence Act
18. Principles of Appreciation of Prosecution and Defence Evidence and Conduct of Accused
19. Appreciation of Evidence of various Types of Witnesses
20. Final Report and Protest Petition
21. Law of Limitation in Criminal Trials
22. Principles of Disposal of Property
23. Interlocutory Orders
24. Law of Sanction
25. Provisions of Bail and Bail Bonds
26. Quashing of Proceedings
27. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence, Act, 2005
28. Plea of Bargaining and its impact on Criminal Justice Delivery System