criminal law

Attempt comes under sec 511 of IPC.   There are 4 stages of crime:   1.Intention. 2.Preparation. 3.Attempt. p..

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Section 84 deals with Acts done by unsound mind.   Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong or contrary to law. p s..

Section 34- Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.- When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone.   Section 149-If an off..

This article is a part of series "law for the layman" that I am writing, wherein we have tried to make law as understandable as possible to anyone who finds himself in the throes of a trial as an accused/complainant or a witness.    Criminal Trial - the Procedure i..

INTRODUCTION   The endorsement of criminal liability on corporation is the twentieth century phenomena, as we can see that in the modern world corporation has affected the lives of people in the positive and as well as in the negative ways because individuals owe a duty to..

Swami Ramdev Ji walks away with the cake as the one who has awakened the masses against corrupt classes. Now he has motivated Subramanian Swamy to join the movement against corruption and also head the Action Committee Against Corruption in India. Indeed it augurs well for the nation and common man hopes to live in a country free from shadow o..

.style2 { text-decoration: none; } "A happy marriage is a harbour in the tempest of life, an unhappy marriage is a tempest in the harbour of life".   Dowry is one of the biggest social evils facing our co..

The Foreign Minister of India went on an official visit to Malaysia. In its capital Kuala Lumpur he presented a set of silver bowls to his counterpart which was accepted with thanks. However, on a closer examination of the sterling silver presents it came to light that the silver ware was NOT made of silver but of a cheap alloy. On a further examination of record..

The concept of death sentence is as ancient in China as the kingship. Much before the constitutional concept of separation of powers among the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary came into existence, it was the monarch who exercised the autho..

‘Honour Killing’, a term that is good enough to strike fear into the hearts of millions, and more vividly, the inter-caste, inter-creed, inter-community or inter-religious couples who are planning to elope, get married and begin a life of their own. It is a term which, erroneously in the opinion of some, is used to define the act of murder of those who..

Many times it becomes very confusing that either the revision by the accused person or persons in an order passed u/s 156(3)cr.p.c. is maintainable or not and also that the order passed by the magistrate in 156(3) cr.p.c. for filing FIR and investigation is interlocutory in nature or a final order . Not only the accused persons but we lawyers get confused .B..

Maintaining that bail is the rule and jail an exception, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said both seriousness of the charge and severity of punishment should be taken into account while determining bail. "Deprivation of liberty must be considered a punishment. When the u..

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Some of the lines from the recent 2G judgement denying bail to Kanimozhi and others are telling. span class="apple-style-span" style="colorr: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-familyy: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-s..