Hurt : Section 319 Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person is said to cause hurt. 1. To cause hurt, a person causes bodily pain to the other. OR, 2. One can communicate a disease to the other person. OR, 3. A person may cause infirmity to the other person. Note: Bodily…
Meaning of Homicide Homicide means the killing of a human being by a human being. Homicide is the highest order of bodily injury that can be imposed on a human body. It is also considered as the most heinous of offences. Homicide may be either lawful or unlawful. Lawful Homicide : In case of lawful…
Chapter VIII of the Indian Penal Code from section 141-160 deals with ‘Offences against Public Tranquility.’ These kinds of offences are committed by the group of people sharing a common intention to disturb the peace and tranquility of an area thus affecting the whole society; such offences are considered to be both against the state,…
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Chapter VI of the Indian Penal Code from sections 121-130 deals with offences against the State. These sections have the sole purpose to safeguard the security of India and maintain a peaceful environment with the Asiatic powers in alliance with the government of India. Section 121 This section states that any war or an attempt…
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Under Chapter 5, Section 107 of the IPC, 1860 deals with offences relating to abetment. Abetment means the action of instigating, encouraging or promoting an individual into committing an offence. It can also mean providing aid to the offender while he is committing a crime. When more than one person commits an offence, each person’s…
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Introduction Indian penal code deals with various punishments which vary from case to case. But it is not always necessary that a person gets punished for a crime which is committed by him. The Indian penal code, 1860 recognizes defences in Chapter IV under “General Exceptions”. Section 76 to 106 covers all the defences which…
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Some of the Salient features of Indian Penal Code, 1860 are as follows – The official criminal code of India The main feature of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is that it is the official criminal code of India. It is a very broad and detailed code intended to define crimes and provides punishments…
Introduction There is no exact definition of crime in the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Crime is a social wrong committed by an individual. A criminal wrong differs from a civil wrong as it is a wrong committed against society due to its serious nature. In comparison, civil wrong is a wrong committed against an individual,…
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Introduction In India, the criminal laws are codified under the Indian Penal Code or many other special criminal laws. Regardless of which laws we refer to, there are always some elements of crime without which the act of an individual cannot be considered as crime. These elements are common to all of them and generally…
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All about conception of crime under IPC Crime is the intentional commission of an act usually considered socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined, prohibited, and punishable under criminal law. It is different from torts, crime is not just a wrong against any person but is also a wrong committed against the society or a…
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