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A LiveLaw Academy Programme
Theory and Practice
Gain a comprehensive understanding of India's new criminal law framework through an integrated study of substantive criminal law and criminal procedure.
The Framework
Criminal law in India rests on two pillars — the substantive law that defines offences, and the procedural law that governs how they are investigated, tried and adjudicated. A working knowledge of one without the other is incomplete.
Substantive Law
• Defines offences and their essential ingredients
• Prescribes punishments and sentencing framework
• General principles of criminal liability
• Exceptions, defences and abetment
Procedural Law
• Investigation, arrest and remand
• Bail, framing of charges and trial
• Evidence, judgment and sentencing procedure
• Appeals, revision and inherent powers
Course overview video
Substantive law + Procedural law = A working criminal law practice
Audience
Learning Outcomes
✓ Read the BNS with a structured understanding of its scheme
✓ Analyse ingredients of offences and general exceptions
✓ Apply principles of criminal liability to complex facts
✓ Navigate abetment, criminal conspiracy and common intention
✓ Compare the BNS with the IPC on key offences and punishments
✓ Draft precise charges grounded in statutory language
✓ Understand the flow of a criminal case from FIR to judgment
✓ Apply provisions on arrest, remand and search under the BNSS
✓ Argue and oppose bail with reference to the new provisions
✓ Frame issues, examine witnesses and record evidence
✓ Work with appellate, revisional and inherent powers
✓ Handle procedural questions with statutory precision
Course Curriculum
Faculty
Former Judge, High Court of Kerala
Justice Mathew served on the High Court after a distinguished career at the bar, presiding over criminal appeals and constitutional matters. His teaching draws on decades of judicial reasoning and doctrinal clarity.
Experience
• District Judiciary — trial court practice and administration
• Senior Advocate — criminal appeals and constitutional bench matters
• Judge, High Court — criminal, constitutional and service jurisprudence
• Faculty, LiveLaw Academy — substantive criminal law
Senior Advocate, Criminal Practice
A trial and appellate practitioner with over two decades of criminal practice, Arun Bhargava has appeared in significant matters on bail, trial and appellate procedure. His sessions are anchored in courtroom practice.
Experience
• Chambers of senior counsel — apprenticeship in trial practice
• Independent practice — trial courts, sessions and High Court
• Special Public Prosecutor in complex prosecutions
• Faculty, LiveLaw Academy — criminal procedure
How You Will Learn
Course Details
Programme Includes
Editorial Note
The enactment of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita marks the most significant restatement of Indian criminal law in more than a century. Much of the substantive text carries forward the earlier codes, yet the scheme, numbering and several key provisions have been reorganised.
For anyone who reads a criminal file — counsel, prosecutor, investigating officer or judge — practice now requires a working command of both codes read together, alongside the case law that will develop under them.
This programme is designed as a serious, structured reading of the new framework — not a survey, not a cram. It rewards attention and returns clarity.
Both courses are also available separately.
An In-depth Course on Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 / Indian Penal Code
By Arun Bhargava
An In-depth Course on Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 / Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
By Justice K. Abraham Mathew (Retd.)
Combo price: ₹9,999 (incl. GST) — Save ₹1,999 compared to enrolling in both separately (₹11,998).
FAQ
Yes. Recordings of every session are made available on the course portal and remain accessible for 6 months from the last class.
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Join a programme designed for practitioners, students and officers who read the codes for a living.
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