Section 80 exempts a person from liability if the act is committed unintentionally, by mistake, without any criminal purpose or understanding and the accident occurs while performing a lawful act in a legal manner and by legal means in which proper care and prudence are exercised. Introduction Some people are immune from the criminal law operation. Chapter IV… Read More »
A child below the age of 7 is presumed to be incapable of distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong. He lacks a sufficient mental capacity to understand the nature and implications of his actions. This presumption is conclusive and cannot be refuted by claiming that the child was capable of understanding the impacts of his… Read More »
The purpose of the protection given to judges and their ministerial staff who execute the judges’ orders under these provisions is to ensure the independence of the judges and to enable them to carry out their duties without fear of the consequences. Protection is public policy-based. Introduction Some people are immune from the criminal law operation. Chapter IV… Read More »
This article deals with the evolution of the law of crime over the years. It was the Hindu criminal law which governed India before the conquest by the Muslims and ancient India saw a well organized and systematic form of criminal law. Introduction Law is an established set of guidelines implemented by Govt in order for the individuals to… Read More »
Chapter IV of the Indian Penal Code deals with the ‘General Exceptions’ of IPC. This chapter spanning from Section 76 to 106 exempts the criminal liability imposed on the certain individual subject to their acts being covered under any one of the general exceptions. In other words, a person who has committed an offence may due to the… Read More »
This article on offences against public tranquillity deals with meaning, explanation and case laws unlawful assembly, rioting and affray. S. 141: Unlawful Assembly The overall idea behind criminalizing of an unlawful assembly is to prevent the rise of a tumultuous assemblage of persons in order to preserve the peace and welfare of the public. For the constitution of… Read More »
A person not committing a crime himself, may still encourage, urge, command, request, induce or assist a third party in committing the wrong and as a result of such commission be guilty of the offence of abetment. The meaning of abetment as has been given in Corpus Juris Secundum is: “To abet has been defined as meaning to… Read More »
INTRODUCTION Law provides safeguards for a person’s reputation similar to the protection it provides to his life and property. Indian Penal Code has provisions to punish offenders for committing defamation against the state under Section 124A and defamation of class contained in Section 153. Additionally, Chapter XXI of IPC deals with defamation of a person. SECTION 499, IPC… Read More »
Chapter VI of the Indian Penal Code contains provision related to offences against the state. This chapter corresponds to the law in England dealing with high treason. This particular chapter presumes that all the citizens of a country are its subjects and are obligated to be loyal and respect its sovereignty. Hereunder the four acts which will constitute… Read More »
Laws pertaining to the conspiracy are deemed to the most complex ones considering the other inchoate offences in common law. One may find the laws related to conspiracy as arbitrary. Section 120A – Definition of criminal conspiracy “When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done, an illegal act, or an act which is… Read More »
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