Student’s Textbook: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam By Samarth Agrawal and Shreya Bhargava

This book is a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA), which replaces the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Authored by experienced judicial officers, it presents the law in a clear, structured, and exam-oriented manner.

The text systematically covers the entire framework of law of evidence. Each chapter simplifies complex legal provisions with precise explanations, relevant case laws and practical insights.

Designed for law students, judiciary aspirants, and legal professionals, this textbook serves as a reliable resource for both conceptual clarity and practical understanding of criminal procedure

Contents

1. Preliminary
2. Relevancy of Facts
3. Admission
4. Confessions
5. Statements by Persons who cannot be called as witnesses
6. Relevancy of Judgments
7. Expert opinion
8. Relevancy of Character
9. Facts which need not be proved
10. Oral Evidence
11. Documentary Evidence
12. Exclusion of Oral Evidence by Documentary Evidence
13. Burden of proof
14. Estoppel
15. Witnesses
16. Privileged Communications
17. Accomplice
18. Examination of Witnesses