THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE 1898

THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE:
It is also known as CRPC, and it was passed in 1898.
In criminal laws Pakistan penal code , defines the offences and provides their punishments, while criminal procedure code, laid down the procedure for hearing, and punishing or acquitting an accused, as the case may be.
OBJECT :The main object of criminal procedure code is thus to supplement the Pakistan penal code, by rules of procedure with a view to prevent offences and bring offender to justice.
The object of the code is clear from its preamble, the code intended to consolidate and amended the laws relating to the criminal procedure.
PURPOSE:The purpose of criminal procedure code is to provide machinery for the punishment of offenders against the substantive criminal law embodied in Pakistan penal code.

PROCEDURAL LAW:It can be concluded that criminal procedure code is a procedural law and substantive law, describes the formation of criminal courts, its procedure as well as classification and powers of criminal courts.

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