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TY.LL.B. SEM-V (AY.2023-2024)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE,1973

PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ACT,1958

JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2015

OPTIONAL TOPICS OF RESEARCH PAPER

1. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEATH PENALTY AS

A DETERRENT IN INDIA

2. THE IMPACT OF CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE ON THE

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA

3. THE ROLE OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATIONS IN INDIA
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4. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE

IN INDIA

5. THE EFFICACY OF THE WITNESS PROTECTION

SCHEME IN INDIA

6. THE IMPACT OF POLICE BRUTALITY ON HUMAN

RIGHTS IN INDIA

7. THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS IN INDIAN JAILS

8. THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMBATING

CYBERCRIME IN INDIA

9. THE IMPACT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ON

INDIAN SOCIETY

10. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NARCOTICS

CONTROL BUREAU IN CURBING DRUG ABUSE IN

INDIA

11. THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL

INVESTIGATION AGENCY IN COMBATING

TERRORISM IN INDIA
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12. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR WHITE-

COLLAR CRIME IN INDIA

13. THE IMPACT OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE

ON INDIAN SOCIETY

14. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INDIAN

EVIDENCE ACT IN CRIMINAL TRIALS

15. THE IMPACT OF THE PREVENTION OF

CORRUPTION ACT ON CORRUPTION IN INDIA

16. THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE

RESOLUTION IN CRIMINAL CASES IN INDIA

17. THE IMPACT OF PLEA BARGAINING ON

THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS IN INDIA

18. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CRIMINAL

PROCEDURE CODE IN ENSURING A FAIR TRIAL

IN INDIA

19. THE IMPACT OF THE RIGHT TO

INFORMATION ACT ON THE TRANSPARENCY OF

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA

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21.A MYTH OR REALITY OF PROCLAIMED OFFENDER:

EVALUATION OF CASES WHERE THE CONCEPT HAS

ACTUALLY APPLIED

22.ADJOURNMENT OF PROCEEDINGS: JUDICIAL

ATTITUDE
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23.ALTERATION AND ADDITION OF CHARGE:

BALANCING THE INTEREST OF ACCUSED AS WELL AS

PROSECUTION

24.ALTERATION OF JUDGMENT: CAN IT BE ALLOWED IN

EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

25.APPEALS AND ITS COMPARISON BETWEEN CIVIL

LAW SYSTEM AND COMMON LAW SYSTEM

26.ARREST OF AN OFFENDER: A REFORMATIVE

APPROACH

27.ART OF CROSS EXAMINATION IN PROSECUTION

EVIDENCE

28.ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

ADMINISTRATION: ITS PURPOSE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

29.BAIL IN NON BAILABLE OFFENCES: A CRITICAL

ANALYSIS ON APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES GIVEN BY

SUPREME COURT
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30.BEST PRACTICES OF POLICING: SUGGESTION BY

POLICE COMMISSION REPORT

31.BIZARRE CASES FROM POLICE DIARY

32.CHANGING ROLE OF POLICE IN MODERN DAY

SOCIETY: POST COVID 19

33.CHILD AND ITS CONNECTION TO SCHOOL: A STUDY

BASED ON SCHOOL'S RESPONSE TO JUVENILE

DELINQUENCY

34.COMMITMENT OF CASES TO COURT OF SESSION: A

COMPARISON BETWEEN OLD CODE AND NEW CODE

35.CONCEPT OF JUDICIAL CUSTODY AND ITS

NECESSITY: EMPHASISING ATTITUDE OF COURT

36.CONFESSION MADE BY CO ACCUSED: ITS RELEVANCE

37.CONFESSION: A THEORETICAL CONCEPT

38.CONSECUTIVE AND CONCURRENT SENTENCING: A

COMPARATIVE REGIME
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39.CONTEMPT OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC

SERVANT: A COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVE

40.CONTENT OF CHARGE AND EFFECT OF ERROR OR

OMISSION

41.CURRENT APPLICATION OF PROBATION IN INDIA

42.DISPERSAL OF UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY BY CIVIL

FORCE: A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE

43.DISPOSAL PROPERTY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

44.DOUBLE JEOPARDY: ITS CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES

45.EFFICACY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA:

AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH

46.EMPOWERING EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE FOR BETTER

LAW AND ORDER IN THE SOCIETY

47.EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED BY THE COURT: ITS

NECESSITY AND RELEVANCE

48.EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES: A COMPARATIVE

REGIME
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49.EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES: A HUMAN

RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE

50.EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND

COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES: ITS IMPACT ON

OFFENDER

51.EXTRA JUDICIAL CONFESSION AND ITS RELEVANCE

52.EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING: A BOON OR BANE

53.EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS FROM FOREIGN

COUNTRIES: IS IT A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS?

54.FIR: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CIVIL LAW AND

COMMON LAW COUNTRIES

55.FIRST INFORMATION REPORT AND ITS HISTORY

56.FRAMING OF CHARGES FOR DISTINCT OFFENCES: AN

OVERVIEW
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57.HIERARCHY OF COURTS: BOON OR BANE IN

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

58.HIERARCHY OF COURTS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN

OLD CODE AND NEW CODE

59.IMPACT OF SECTION 219 ON FRAMING OF CHARGES

60.INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF TRIAL COURTS IN

INDIA

61.INVESTIGATION BY POLICE: A COMPARISON

BETWEEN CBI AND STATE POLICE

62.INVESTIGATION OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY:

MODALITIES THROUGH JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS

63.ISSUE OF COMMISSION AND ITS RELEVANCE IN

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

64.JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

65.JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL

APPROACH
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66.JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: A SOCIOLOGICAL

APPROACH

67.JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA AND ITS

APPROACH AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR REFORM

68.LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

69.LEGALITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF SEARCH AND

SEIZURE: AN INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW

70.MAGISTRIAL INQUIRY IN RESPECT OF CUSTODIAL

DEATH AND RAPE: A REQUIREMENT AND REASONS

71.MAINTENANCE OF PARENTS WITH RESPECT TO

RELEVANCE OF OLD AGE HOME

72.MAINTENANCE OF WIFE: WHETHER 125 NEEDS TO

BE GENDER NEUTRAL.

AND ITS RELEVANCE WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

73.MODE OF RECORDING CONFESSION WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO TOP INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES OF THE

WORLD
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74.OFFENCES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF

JUSTICE: ITS NATURE, TYPES AND PROCEDURE

75.OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE: A COMMON

LAW PERSPECTIVE

76.OFFENCES COMMITTED ON AIRCRAFT OR VESSELS

REGISTERED IN INDIA

77.OFFENCES COMMITTED OUTSIDE INDIA BY INDIAN

NATIONALS

78.OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS GIVEN IN

EVIDENCE: A COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVE

79.ONLINE COURT SYSTEM IN INDIA: AN EXPERIMENT

80.PLEA BARGAINING: A COMPARATIVE ASPECT

81.PLEA OF GUILTY: ITS APPLICATION AND PRACTICAL

SCENARIO IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

82.POLICE CUSTODY: A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE

83.POLICE CUSTODY: WITH REFERENCE TO OTHER

NATIONS
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84.POLICE SYSTEM IN INDIA: COLONIAL MENTALITY

85.POLICE SYSTEM IN INDIA: NEED FOR REFORM

86.POWER OF COURTS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN

OLD CODE AND NEW CODE

87.POWERS OF POLICE: A WORLDWIDE OVERVIEW (

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION THROUGH INTERNET)

89.PREVENTIVE POWERS OF POLICE: OCCASION THEY

APPLIED IT AND COULD HAVE APPLIED IT

90.PREVIOUS CONVICTION AND ITS RELEVANCE IN

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

91.PRIVATIZATION OF POLICE: A THOUGHTFUL

CONCEPT

92.PROBATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO

INCARCERATION: AN ANALYSIS
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93.PROSECUTION FOR OFFENCES AGAINST STATE AND

CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO DO THE SAME: AN

OVERVIEW FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

94.PROSECUTION OF JUDGES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS: A

WORLD WIDE VIEW

95.PROVISION OF ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN SPECIAL

ENACTMENT: A BOON OR BANE.

96.PUBLIC NUISANCE: DANGEROUS ANIMALS

97.PUBLIC NUISANCE: RICKETY BUILDING

98.PUBLIC NUISANCE: TANK WELL OR EXCAVATION

99.PUBLIC NUISANCE: TRADE OR OCCUPATION

100.PUBLIC NUISANCE: UNLAWFUL OBSTRUCTION

101.PUBLIC NUISANCE: CONFLAGRATION OR

EXPLOSION

102.RECORDING OF EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND

TRIAL: PRACTICE IN CIVIL LAW SYSTEM

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103.RECORDING OF EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND

TRIAL: PRACTICE IN COMMON LAW SYSTEM

104.RECRUITMENT OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE STATE

WISE: AN ANALYSIS

105.REFERENCE AND REVISION: A

COMPARATIVE STUDY

106.REHABILITATION AS A PART OF THE JUVENILE

JUSTICE SYSTEM: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH

107.RELEVANCY OF SECTION 144 IN PRESENT COVID 19

SITUATION

108.ELEVANCY OF SUMMONS AND WARRANTS IN

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

109.RIGHTS OF AN ARREST PERSON: INTERNATIONAL

REGIME

110.ROLE OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

111.ROLE OF APPROVER : WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO

COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW SYSTEM

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112.ROLE OF DEFENSE COUNSEL IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SYSTEM

113.ROLE OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE IN IMPARTING

JUSTICE

114.ROLE OF MAGISTRATE IN CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM

115.ROLE OF MAGISTRATE IN INVESTIGATION

116.ROLE OF MATERIAL WITNESS IN CRIMINAL TRIAL:

PROVISION TO SUMMON THEM

117.SEARCH AND SEIZURE: THE QUESTION OF LEGALITY

IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS OF THE WORLD

118.SECTION 220 AND 221 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE

TO JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION

119.SECTION 222 AND ITS OUTCOME IN

TRIAL PROCEDURE

120.SECTION 482 : REASON FOR INCORPORATION AND

ITS USES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

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121.SECTION 482: ITS MISUSE UNDER CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM

122.SECTION483: ITS CORRECT EXERCISE UNDER

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

123.SENTENCING PATTERN IN INDIA: AN EVALUATION

124.SENTENCING PHILOSOPHY: A CIVIL LAW SYSTEM

PERSPECTIVE

125.SENTENCING PHILOSOPHY: A COMMON LAW

SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

126.SENTENCING PHILOSOPHY: A ISLAMIC LAW

SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

127.STATE WISE REFLECTION ON CONSTITUTION AND

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORATE OF PROSECUTION: ITS

NECESSITY

128.STRENGTHENING THE POSITION OF PUBLIC

PROSECUTOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: WITH

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REFERENCE TO THEIR ROLE, FUNCTIONING AND

APPOINTMENT

129.SUFFICIENCY IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL

COURTS TO DEAL WITH THE BACKLOG CASES.

130.TENDENCY OF SUICIDE AMONG JUVENILE: AN

INTRA COUNTRY APPROACH

131.TEST IDENTIFICATION PARADE: AN EVALUATION

THROUGH JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS

132.TEST IDENTIFICATION PARADE: ITS UTILITY AND

VERACITY

133.THE ART OF JUDGMENT WRITING AND EXPUNGING

WORDS OR SENTENCES FROM JUDGMENT

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134.THE CONCEPT OF MAINTENANCE IN THE

CHANGING SOCIO ECONOMIC MILIEU.

135.THE CONCEPT OF PRELIMINARY INQUIRY: ITS

HISTORY AND ITS RELEVANCE

136.THE MYTH AND REALITY ASSOCIATED WITH

CONFESSION

137.THE NATURE OF FIR IN OTHER COUNTRIES

138.THE NEED FOR COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES

UNDER CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: AN ANALYTICAL

STUDY

139.THE PHILOSOPHY OF SENTENCING : A

JURISPRUDENCE

140.THE ROLE OF DISTRICT MAGISTRATE IN THE MIDST

OF PANDEMIC SITUATION: A CRITICAL EVALUATION

141.THE ROLE OF JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL

CASES: AN EVALUATIVE APPROACH

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142.THE ROLE OF SPECIAL COURTS IN THE SPECIAL

ENACTMENT OF POST 2000

143.THE USE AND RELEVANCE OF SECTION 319 IN

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

144.TIME FRAME TO COMPLETE INVESTIGATION:

145.TRANSFER OF CASES BY HIGH COURT: ITS NATURE,

TYPES AND CIRCUMSTANCES

146.TRANSFER OF CASES BY SUPREME COURT: ITS

NATURE, TYPES AND CIRCUMSTANCES