Culpable Homicide and Murder

Culpable Homicide and Murder- IPC

Homicide is a Latin term in which ‘homi’ means human being and ‘cide’ means to cut, therefore homicide is an act in which a person is killed by another person. Homicide is one of the most dreadful act a person can commit. It is the responsibility of the legislation to make such laws that deter […]

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Offences related to Weights and Measures

Offences related to Weights and Measures

Introduction – The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted to safeguard the interests of the consumers and protect them from exploitation and unfair trade practices. Still, consumers were exploited by the traders and then provisions were made under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 to stop traders from indulging into activities of trade abuse. The Consumer […]

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General Exceptions under IPC

General Exceptions under IPC

Introduction – Criminal Law was enforced to prevent the increase in the number of crimes being committed in society. It was brought into enforcement to maintain public order and well being. Criminal law makes people liable for the offences they have committed and further punishes them as prescribed in the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Although […]

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Abetment to Suicide

Abetment to Suicide

Introduction- Globally mental stress has taken toll over people of all classes. Suicide has become the easiest resort to end the mental stress one faces. The act of suicide has been marked as an offence in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and seeks to provide for punishment for the act as well as keep a […]

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KIDNAPPING AND ITS PUNISHMENT

KIDNAPPING AND ITS PUNISHMENT

INTRODUCTION The criminal conducts regarding hurt, murder, culpable homicide, grievous hurt, kidnapping, abduction, wrongful confinement, etc are the offences affecting the human body and life. These offences affect not only the life of an individual but also, the society at large. Hence, it becomes very important that punishment is given to the offenders. The Indian […]

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OUTRAGING THE MODESTY OF WOMEN

OUTRAGING THE MODESTY OF WOMEN

In the following period as time passes our society evolves with both negative and positive aspects. Positive aspects are those by which our society evolves in a good way and we make developments beyond our past imaginations and on the other hand in the field negative aspects the society gives birth to various crimes and […]

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CRIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY

CRIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY

INTRODUCTION Over the period in our society, we have seen many types of offences against human body where the alleged always tries to harm the deceased with the bad intention of giving bodily harm and in some instances, the bodily harm can turn into the murder of the deceased. But the time has changed and […]

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hurt

HURT under Indian Penal Code

INTRODUCTION Chapter XVI of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 consists of offences affecting the human body and life. Hurt is also an offence that affects the human body and life. This article explores the meaning, punishment and aggravated forms of hurt. HURT It means any voluntary act of a person that can cause pain, disease […]

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Difference between Unlawful Assembly & Rioting with Affray

Difference between Unlawful Assembly & Rioting with Affray

The Indian Constitution has played an integral role in safeguarding the rights of its citizens. It has not only provided for protection of life and personal liberty but also empowers the citizens to assemble peacefully without arms to practice their freedom of speech and expression. We have witnessed innumerable revolutions that have occurred because of […]

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Bigamy

Bigamy and Cohabitation

Introduction Marriage in India has been considered as a holy sacrament. The husband and the wife are bound to maintain a permanent relationship. Earlier the number of spouses a man or woman could have in a marriage used to depend on the religion that the spouses use to follow. Gradually the marital conditions in India […]

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ABORTION

ABORTION

Introduction  Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or “spontaneous abortion” and occurs in approximately 30% to 50% of pregnancies. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called an induced abortion, or less frequently “induced miscarriage”. The unmodified word abortion generally refers […]

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Rarest of Rare Doctrine

Rarest of Rare Doctrine under Indian Law

Introduction There are no rules-given statements of uncommon, strange, of the most value of uncommon. In a Criminal Trial, the nature and serious air of the crime are taken into a point to be taken into account for working out the right punishment. The Court shall be thought to have failed in firing, letting off […]

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