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In a way, the present book, Lectures on Criminal Procedure, is an abridged and improved version of the Outlines of Criminal Procedure. It is primarily intended for law students. Through these "lectures" Thave endeavoured to provide a medium for effective classroom instruction. The book consists of 20 lectures covering all the important aspects of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. Each of these lectures is followed by exercises and questions which would be useful to the students. The arrangement and treatment of the subject-matter is topic-wise and not section-wise as is found in most of the books. Moreover, efforts have been made to focus attention on the basic principles of criminal procedure and also on the interaction of the different statutory provisions through which these principles operate in practice. I believe that the top-ic-wise arrangement of the subject-matter, the analysis of the relevant sections connected with each topic, and the critical appraisal of such sections in the light of judicial decisions, should form the hard core of the reading materials on criminal procedure. More so, when such materials are to be prepared for the students. Within the limitations of space, I have made a further exploratory effort towards this goal. Now it is for the academic community to evaluate this effort and to give its verdict as to the merits and utility of the book.