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Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Page 25

The accused was beating a person with fists. The wife of the man being beaten intervened with her baby in arms with a view to rescuing her husband. The accused gave a fist blow to her also, which struck the baby, as a result of which it died. On being prosecuted, the accused pleads accident. Decide.
by Admin Legal Bites 4 July 2021 10:33 AM IST

X sees Z commit what appears to X to be murder. X in the exercise to the best of his judgement, exerted in good faith, of the power which the law gives to all persons of apprehending murderers in the act, seizes Z in order to bring Z before the proper authorities. But it turns out that Z was acting in the exercise of his right of self-defence. Is X guilty of any offence? Give reasons.
by Admin Legal Bites 4 July 2021 9:26 AM IST

Discuss, with illustrations, accident as a defence in a criminal trial.
by Admin Legal Bites 4 July 2021 9:18 AM IST

State and illustrate the law of cumulative penalties as stated in the Indian Penal Code.
by Admin Legal Bites 4 July 2021 9:10 AM IST
