Section 85 and section 86 of the Indian Penal Code deal with the general defence to a person who commits an offence under intoxication.
Section 85 of IPC exempts a person from punishment provided that he committed the crime under the influence of intoxication where he had been intoxicated without his knowledge and against his will – that is involuntary intoxication.Read More →
Causing slight harm or injury to other person is hurt. And when the degree of injury caused to other person is higher, then it becomes grievous hurt.
We cannot make every serious injury in the category of grievous hurt. Section 320 contains situations when grievous hurt is caused.Read More →
A the master and B the servant, are being jointly tried for the murder of X and also after that for having made away with the dead body to hide and crime (Section 302 and 201 IPC).
B confesses about the crime during the trial.
Is this confession relevant against A? Give reasons for or against.Read More →
Section 19 of IPC includes every person who is empowered by law to give a judgment, be it judicial authority or quasi-judicial authority.
Whereas in section 20 of IPC, the term court of justice includes a person who is empowered by law to act judicially alone and not otherwise.Read More →
363A. Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging (1) Whoever kidnaps any minor or, not being the lawful guardian of a minor, obtainsRead More →
Question asked by one of you:
I have a doubt about the maxim jus necessitatis. Does it come under section 81 or 87 of IPC?
Answer:
This is called the doctrine of necessity. It means a person doing a thing under compulsion of situation. It is not considered a wrongful act. It comes under the ambit of section 81 of IPC.Read More →
Question asked by a student-
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X instigates Y to do culpable homicide amounting to murder Z. Y refuses. Is X guilty of any offence?
Answer by WritingLaw-
Yes of abetment.
Why…?Read More →
1. Title and extent of operation of the Code. This Act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and shall extend to the whole ofRead More →
2. Punishment of offences committed within India. Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omissionRead More →
3. Punishment of offences committed beyond but which by law may be tried within India. Any person liable, by any Indian law to be triedRead More →
4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences. The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by- (1) any citizen of India inRead More →
5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act. Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny andRead More →
6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every illustrationRead More →
7. Sense of expression once explained. Every expression which is explained in any part of this Code, is used in every part of this CodeRead More →
8. Gender. The pronoun “he” and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female. Read Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a betterRead More →
9. Number. Unless the contrary appears from the context, words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number includeRead More →
