Section 498-A was introduced in the year 1983 to protect married women from being subjected to cruelty by the husband or his relatives. A punishment extending to 3 years and fine has been prescribed. The expression cruelty has been defined in wide terms so as to include inflicting physical or mental harm to the body…
White collar crimes are nonviolent crimes performed primarily by businesses and government officials and are related to the corporate sector. White collar crimes are defined as crimes perpetrated by those who hold positions of power in a company.• It is a crime.• That is committed by an important person of the company.• Who enjoys a…
Section-84 of the Indian Penal Code deals with the act of a person of unsound mind wherein it states that “Nothing is an offence which is done by a person, who at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he…
404. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.— Whoever insincerely misappro¬priates or converts to his own utilization property, realizing that such property was in the ownership of a perished individual at the hour of that individual’s expire, and has not since been in the posses¬sion of any individual…
Most Indian laws have inherently patriarchal and sexist origins, especially the ones relating to marriage. The consequences of such restrictive and regressive provisions become apparent in the case of gender based or minority crimes. One of these problematic provisions is Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 which reads: “sexual intercourse…
Mob lynching is an act of targeted violence by a large group of people where innocent people are targeted on the basis of some rumor, misinformation or misconception often leading to the death of the victim. Lynching isn’t characterized under the Indian Legal System and there are no disciplines in respect of lynching. Swarm brutality…
Crime is a human behavior that is believed to be inimical to social interest. If a person commits Ta crime voluntarily or after premeditation, the doing of it involves four stages. The first stage is when the criminal first supports the idea or intention to commit a crime. In the second stage, he makes preparations…
This article discusses the differences between dishonest misappropriation under Section 403 and Criminal Breach of Trust (Section 405) of the Indian Penal Code. Dishonest Misappropriation is codified in Section 403 of the Indian Penal Code. Its elements are as follows: Dishonestly Converts to their own use It implies either using or dealing with the property…
Every year, an unfathomable amount of people commit suicide in India. The government classifies a death as a suicide if it is unnatural, the intent to die came from within the individual, and the person had a motive to terminate his life. The most frequent methods of suicide include poisoning, hanging, and self-immolation. Section 309…
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is an intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. It is responsible for coordination with the Indian state governments and other central…
