Section 85 of chapter 4 of Indian penal code talks about intoxication as a general defense. Oxford defines intoxication as “the state of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.” In simple language it can be defined as a state of mind where a person loses self control and his/her ability to judge morality…
Anyone with the information about the commission of an offence may provide it to the police. The information regarding the commission of a cognizable offence transmitted to the police officer is known as a FIR (First Information Report), and the individual delivering the information is known as the Informant. An FIR has significantly more evidential…
Everyone has a right of private defence. Right of self-defence is based upon the general maxim that “necessity knows no law” and “it is the primary duty of man to first help himself” If a person does an act while exercising his right of private defence, his act would be no offence (Section 96). Right of private defence is…
People believe that prisoners are sent to prison as punishment, and not for punishment. This implies that the loss of an individuals right to liberty is enforced by containment in a closed environment. Thus keeping the individual in the custody of the state, should not, however, have a deleterious effect on him. But this is,…
Introduction Section 96 to 106 of the Indian Penal Code states the law relating to the right of private defence of person and property. Section 97, 98 and 99 are of general nature while sections 100, 101, 102 and 106 are concerned with defence of body, Sections 103, 104 and 105 with defence of property.…
Capital Punishment is said to be a legal penalty in India. This comes under the country’s substantive penal legislation which gives some permission for the crimes in Indian Penal Code as well as other laws. According to the statistics in death row, there are 403 prisoners in India. The recent executions happened in March 2020…
Punishment is a phrase that is used in the criminal justice system. Certain acts are regarded as ‘crimes’ solely because of the phrase punishment. We can see from the society’s history that taming the public’s barbarous and primitive instincts would have been difficult without sanctions. The rulers utilised the weapon known as ‘punishment’ against their…
Suicide an act to kill oneself. We find people struggling for survival constantly. Even a single ray of hope for survival is what they hunt for despite the audacity. But then we find a few bunch of people who intentionally desire to end their lives for various reasons ranging from fear, failures, threats,stress etc. For…
Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trials under CrPC, 1973 (Sections 177- 189) Abstract When an offence has been committed at a particular place, usually the court in whose jurisdiction the crime has been committed has the jurisdiction to inquire into and try that case, but doubt arises when the offence has been…
Defamation is injury to the reputation of an individual. If an individual injures the reputation of another, he does so at his own risk, as within the case of an interference with the property. A man’s reputation is his property, and if possible, more valuable, than other property. Slander is that the publication of a…
