Marrying again (Bigamy) during lifetime of husband or wife
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with the offence of Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife. The offence under above mentioned Section is known as…
Criminal Law
Graham v. Connor and Objective Reasonableness standard
Graham v. Connor ((490 U.S. 386 (1989).)), was a United States Supreme Court case where the Court determined that an objective reasonableness standard should apply to a civilian’s claim that…
Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with the offence of Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. Under this section a man…
Defamation as a crime under Indian Penal Code
Section 499 – 502 of Indian Penal Code deals with the defamation. Offence of defamation can be dealt both under the law of crimes as well as under Law of…
Punishment for an attempt to commit an offence
Intention, preparation, attempts and commission are the four stages in a crime. By virtue of Section 511 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 “an attempt to commit an offence” is a…
Offences relating to marriage under IPC
Section 493 to 498 A, of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with the offences relating to marriage. Section 493 of Indian Penal Code deals with the offence of Cohabitation…
Section 496, Fraudulent or unlawful marriage under IPC
Section 496 of the Indian Penal Code deals with the offence of marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage. By virtue of this section, fraudulent or mock marriages are…
Ingredients of culpable homicide under Section 299
Homicide is nothing but killing of a human being. It can be either lawful or unlawful. Lawful homicide is covered under the general exceptions as mentioned under Sections 76 –…
Suicide: Durkheim’s theory and the debate
On decriminalization of Section 309, IPC Tweisha Mishra, Student of Law, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Abstract Suicide as a phenomenon, in the present article, is focused on adolescent or…
General Exception and Difference in Liability
Author: Ria Tandon, Research Associate Criminal liability has been clearly defined by the lexicon dictionary as something where there is a presence of accountability and responsibility to the other person…