Section 304A of the IPC makes any act causing death by a rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term…
In Girish Yadav and Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, JT (1996) 3 SC 615, the site plan was prepared on hearsay and is not to be read as evidence.…
Section 405 talks about ‘Criminal Breach of Trust’. It states as follows- “405. Criminal breach of trust.— Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over…
Criminal conspiracy has been defined in section 120-A of the Indian Penal Code: – “When two or more persons agree to do or cause to be done (i) an illegal…
There is a vivid distinction between the parameters to be applied while considering a bail application, vis à vis those applicable while deciding a petition for its cancellation. In Puran…
Before discussing further Section 364A, it is relevant to mention what 364A talks about. Section 364A of IPC states as follows- 364A. Kidnapping for ransom, etc.— “Whoever kidnaps or abducts…
Agreement, concert or league The offence of criminal conspiracy under section 120A is a distinct offence introduced for the first time in 1913 in Chapter VA of the Penal Code.…
The Indian Penal Code excepts from the operation of its penal clauses large classes of acts done in good faith for the purpose of repelling unlawful aggression but this right…
Supreme Court women lawyers Association filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging the court to consider imposition of ‘Chemical Castration’ of the people who rape child girls. Submissions of…
The classification of “habitual offender” emerged prior to the repeal of the Criminal Tribes Act. Several Provinces had enacted their habitual offender laws. The Madras Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act,…
