🚨 Important Criminal Law Topics for RJS Mains 2025

Preparing for Rajasthan Judicial Service (RJS) Mains 2025?
Criminal law forms the backbone of the syllabus.
Here’s a curated list of must-read Criminal Law topics
covering IPC, CrPC, and Evidence Act.

⚖️ Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

• General Exceptions – Sections 76 to 106
• Criminal Conspiracy – Section 120A & 120B
• Offences against the Human Body – Sections 299 to 377
• Offences against Property – Sections 378 to 462
• Defamation – Sections 499 to 502
• Common Intention & Common Object – Sections 34 & 149

⚖️ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

• Hierarchy & Powers of Criminal Courts – Sections 6 to 35
• Arrest, Bail & Anticipatory Bail – Sections 41 to 60A, 436–439
• Cognizance of Offences – Section 190
• Framing of Charges – Sections 211 to 224
• Trial Procedures – Summons, Warrant, Sessions Cases
• Appeals, Revisions & Reference – Sections 372 to 405

⚖️ Indian Evidence Act, 1872

• Confessions – Sections 24 to 30
• Testimony of Witnesses – Sections 118 to 134
• Cross-Examination & Leading Questions – Sections 137 to 146
• Hostile Witness & Credibility of Testimony
• Electronic Evidence – Section 65B

⚖️ Other Relevant Areas

• Juvenile Justice Act – Key Provisions
• Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
• Domestic Violence Act, 2005
• Latest Supreme Court & Rajasthan High Court Judgments