Significance Of Criminal Procedure And Various Stakeholders In The Criminal Administration Of Justice With Special Reference To BNSS
- IJLLR Journal
- May 5
- 2 min read
Aryan Parmar, Law Student, National Forensic Sciences University, Delhi
INTRODUCTION:
The law of criminal procedure is to provide a framework for the easy applicability of the law. Substantive law is of no use without the procedural law, substantive criminal law1 defines offences and punishment for the offences defined under substantive criminal law and the procedural law2 defines the procedure for governing the mechanism of the court and the procedure which helps the state as well as the individual party to enforce their rights in the court of law. The Criminal Procedure Law3 is been framed in a way to complement the criminal law4.The Criminal Procedure helps in detecting the crime, defines the manner of arrest, rules and regulation of collecting the evidences, establishment of the guilt and innocence of the person being accused, imposition of the proper punishment on the guilty person. For Criminal Administration of the justice there are various stakeholders such as Police and Law Enforcement Agencies which are responsible in the first stage of any commission of the crime that is filing of FIR(First Information Report), conducting the investigation, collection of evidences and arresting the suspects, Public prosecutors are also a stakeholders in the criminal administration of the justice by representing the state who has been a guardian of rights of the person whose rights has been violated and new Criminal Procedure Law deeply focuses on the profession ethics and speedy resolution of the pending cases, Than comes Défense Lawyers as a stakeholders by challenging the wrongful convictions and ensuring the rights of the accuse, Victim is the root and the primarily source of any information or evidence of the criminal trial and witnesses who provide their testimonies before the hon’ble court of justice to help the court to resolve that matter and provide justice, forensic experts holds a stake in the criminal administration of the justice by scientifically examining the evidence and provide a basis of the crime, accused and victim. the core objective the criminal procedural law is “To ensure for the accused a full and fair trial in accordance with the principles of natural justice”
