 Sec1(1) crpc may be called code of criminal procedure.

 Sec1(2) this code will not be applicable in j&k,. in Nagaland, tribal areas only chapter 8,10,11
shall be applicable the state govt may apply crpc in whole or any part to such places or may bring
supplemental, incidental, consequential modification
 Code of criminal procedure of 1882 was 1st act applying uniformly all over india
 A commission under chairmanship of J.L. kapur in 1968 submitted 41st report in 1969
 Applicability of crpc to jammu-
1) K.r.k vara Prasad vs. sudesh kumar- an order of attachment of salary for recovery
of maintenance of wife was held executable where husband was employed under
jammu income tax department
2) ANITA KUSHWAHA VS. PUSHAP SUDAN- S.C can exercise sec 406 crpc to
transfer cases to and from jammu as art. 32,136,142 empowers it to do so even when
no state or central civil or criminal procedural code provides it to do so. Absence of
express provision doesn’t means that s.c cannot do so.

 Crpc is mostly adjective law object of crpc is to provide a machinery for punishment of
offenders. Example of substantive part is maintenance proceedings. Te aim of criminal
trial is to find out guilt and innocence of the accused and if guilty then punish
accordingly. crpc does not affect any special law , any local law any special procedure
sec 5
 The provisions are to be treated as directory despite the use of word shall hence s.c in
case of shivjee singh vs. nagendra tiwary while interpreting proviso of sec 202(2) held
that all witnesses cited by the complaint was not mandatory.
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