The primary purpose of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is to impose a legal sanction on various crimes in India. It is a common penal code that binds to all the people of India. The Indian Penal Code not only deals with penalties on bodily harms and crimes, it also covers the mental harms, which […]
Sedition is an expression of dissatisfaction towards the government and its policies, through the means of violence and hatred. Sedition is dealt with under Sec. 124A of the Indian Penal Code [1]. Fundamental Right enshrined in the Constitution of India provides us with ‘Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression’, under Article 19(1)(a). The right
The case of Manu Sharma v. The State (NCT of Delhi), which is also one of the cases known as the “Jessica Lal murder case”, was the first among many which brought about nationwide discontent amongst its people after the murder of a Delhi based model named Jessica Lal. All of the hearings and the
Rape is a sexual assault which usually involves sexual intercourse or another type of sexual penetration by the accused against the consent of the victim. In ancient times, rape was considered a weapon of war[1]. Women were raped by the soldiers of the enemy’s army and were sometimes raped by HIV positive men. Sexual slavery and systematic rape were declared crimes against women by the UN in 1993.
F.I.R is an exclusive written document prepared by the police for any cognizable offence that took place. As this information reaches the police immediately first in point of time after the commission of such an offence that is why it is called First Information Report. Basically, the jurisdiction lies on such a police station where
The expression ‘murder’ has been derived from the Germanic word, mortna, which means secret killing. Although it was said that in the early period German people had drawn the distinction between open killing and secret killing where the former was not punishable and the later one was. But as per twelfth century every homicide whether
K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court that shaped Indian Criminal Law. Though possessing facts similar to any other murder trial, this case stole the spotlight due to the questions about Constitutional Law and the interpretation of the provisions by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It is a decision
Our society has been subjected to heinous crimes now and then. Therefore to lessen the number of crimes in society or set an example in society, several social control methods have been framed in-laws backed by sanction. These sanctions are nothing but the punishment that act to reinforce those social values that have to be
India is the largest democratic country with the longest written constitution in the world, Therefore, people’s adherence to the constitutional principles such as Rule of Law, Social justice, Religious equality, Individual freedom, etc. becomes essential to the utmost. The Judiciary of India emphasizes Constitutional morality which they regard as one of the core principles of
