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The Criminal Procedure System in the Comparative Saudi System

Course Description: The course addresses the penal procedures regulating criminal proceedings, from the stage of initiation to the execution of judgments, in accordance with the Penal Procedures Law.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

The objective of studying this course is to develop the student's abilities in the field of criminal procedure law, their understanding of this system, and to introduce the rights of the accused and the procedures of criminal litigation from its initiation until its conclusion with a final and enforceable judgment, in accordance with the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, the regulations issued in this regard in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and comparative laws, and within the time frame allocated for studying the course.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
The student should know the rules governing the stages of evidence gathering, preliminary investigation, and trial.
2. The student thoroughly understands the provisions of the theory of nullity and the principle that the accused is presumed innocent.
Skills:
1- The student analyzes the elements of the criminal procedure system under study and compares them
2- The student distinguishes between the procedures of inference and the tasks of criminal law enforcement officers and investigators.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
To adhere to Islamic values and professional ethics, and to contribute to finding constructive solutions for social issues.
2. The student must exercise accuracy and responsibility when searching online for judicial precedents, regulations, templates, rulings, and studies related to the course.
3. The student actively works within a team, whether as a member or a leader.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
General introduction to the definition of the jurisdiction of grievances, the jurisdiction of public morals enforcement, and the jurisdiction of the police. And the definition of the criminal procedure system, its nature, characteristics, purposes, and sources, and its relationship to other criminal sciences and to the system of sharia litigation.
General Criminal Prosecution, and it includes: definition, characteristics, parties, scope of authority for prosecution and investigation in initiating it, other authorities competent to initiate it, impediments to initiating it, reasons for its termination.
Private Lawsuit “Accessory Civil Lawsuit” and it includes: Definition and elements, rules and restrictions for filing it in criminal courts.
Pre-trial phase (investigation and inquiry) which includes: Definition of investigation and inquiry, its nature and procedures, duties of judicial police officers and the powers granted to them exceptionally, disposition of the investigation and inquiry record.
Trial Stage, which includes: its definition, types and composition of criminal courts, their jurisdictions, general rules of trial, trial procedures. Criminal evidence and its proofs, criminal judgment, appealing criminal judgments and their methods.
Enforcement Stage of Criminal Judgments
The theory of invalidity and its rulings in the Saudi criminal procedure system
The principle of presumed innocence of the accused and its application in different stages of criminal proceedings.
Statute of limitations for criminal cases
Police countermeasures for computer crimes
Rules governing plea bargains in criminal cases
Procedural protection of the right to privacy

Last updated: 2026-04-16