Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 & Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022

This volume consolidates the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 and the modern Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, providing the full statutory texts, explanatory annotations, cross-references and practical guidance for implementation. The 2022 Act modernises and broadens identification powers — authorising biometric captures (finger and palm impressions, footprints), iris/retina scans, physical and biological samples and body measurements — and sets out procedures for magistrate orders, record maintenance, disclosure, retention and destruction. The book compares the 1920 and 2022 statutes section-by-section, highlights state and central rule-making authorities, and summarises parliamentary debates, Law Commission reports and analyses from legal-policy organisations on privacy, proportionality and safeguards. Practitioners will find compliance checklists, sample magistrate orders, petition templates for challenging measurements, and a clear note on consequences of acquittal or discharge (destruction/retention rules). For investigators and forensic labs, the edition includes a quick-reference matrix mapping offence categories to permissible measurements, custody-chain best practices and record-keeping forms. Carefully indexed and annotated, this edition is an indispensable desk reference for criminal lawyers, police trainers, forensic professionals, policy analysts and students navigating India’s evolving identification regime.