We can define Criminal Conspiracy a crime to plan with other people to engage in criminal activity. Indian penal code section 120 A defines criminal conspiracy. As per this the essential elements for criminal conspiracy are presence of two or more persons and agreement among the said persons to do or to cause to be…
Suicide is the act of putting end to one’s own life. Suicide is no crime under the Indian Penal Code. When one attempts to commit suicide and fails it, that is punishable under the Indian Penal Code. It means when a person fails to commit suicide because of any reason only then Section 309 of…
Culpable homicide and Murder are two most perplexing terms in Indian Penal Code, 1860. Culpable homicide is under Section 299 of the IPC, 1860 and Murder is under Section 300 of the IPC. Culpable homicide is the genus while murder is the species. There is a very thin line between culpable homicide and murder. Both…
After the Covid-19 pandemic struck, India witnessed its police authorities exercising an excessive clampdown of civil liberties which often masqueraded as a health measure for the greater interest. This resulted in more and more instances of police brutality which often impacted only those at the margins of our society. In India, custodial violence is commonplace.…
MEANING OF THE TERM DEFAMATION: “Written or talked-out, any sort of deliberately false statement can impair the reputation of a person or lessen respect, consideration, or trust; or persuade a person to be defamatory or to be unfriendly to or unwelcome to the person.” The reputation of a man is treated as his belongings and…
“Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright man.” In this growing world where rights of a women are being discussed at every nook and corner, let’s take a moment to talk a bit about other side of the coin i.e., of a man who is…
Under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), based on bail, offences can be classified as – bailable offences and non-bailable offences, wherein the former implies those offences in which bail can be granted to the accused. On the other hand, the latter signifies those offences in which bail cannot be granted in general circumstances. What is…
Section 357(b) of the code states that when a court imposes a sentence of fine or a sentence (including a sentence of death) of which fine forms a part, the court may, when passing judgement, order the whole or any part of the fine recovered to be applied – 1 (b) in the payment to…
Section 76-106 under Chapter IV of Indian Penal Code, 1860 the general exceptions are mentioned as a defence under Indian Law. An act will be called crime when it constitutes both the essential elements of a crime i.e., Mens Rea (guilty mind) and Actus Reus (guilty act). If any act is done without both the…
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Euthanasia has deep historical roots that go way before the ascendency of Christianity. Before Hippocrates, euthanasia was a “routine practice” and physicians assumed that they had the authority to kill those patients for whom there was no hope for recovery or survival. They accepted it as a part of their medical practice. In…
