Introduction: The Police play the most important role in the system of criminal administration of Justice. Police is an essential organ of every Government whose main function is to enforce the laws that are been made by the Legislature of a State. The police are also been entrusted by the Read more
Introduction: Vikas Dubey began his career in crime in the early nineties. He formed his gang and aspired to be a Don of Kanpur. To protect himself he joined BSP as his political support. Vikas Dubey has been named an accused in the murder case of BJP leader Santosh Shukla. Read more
Understanding the ‘defense of insanity’: The insanity defense is a defense by excuse, as opposed to a defense by justification, in a criminal case wherein the defendant has to prove that he/she is not liable for committing the crime, for which they have been accused, because of “insanity”. It is Read more
Introduction: The concept of maintenance in India is covered both under section 125 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (section 125), and the personal laws. The concept further stems from article 15(3) reinforced by article 39 of the constitution of India 1950. Under Indian Law, the term ‘Maintenance’ includes Read more
Introduction: Bail portrays an important concept in criminal law of the country. It is concerned as a rule and jail as an omission in criminal law of India. The criminal law system of the country can become standard in order to maintain a balance between the rights of an individual Read more
Introduction: All punishments are based on the same proposition i.e. a penalty has to be imposed for Misdemeanor. There are two main reasons to get the penalty administered. One is that conviction is both right and fair that someone who has done wrong will pay for it; the other is Read more
Introduction: A 60 years old man was tied to a hospital bed in Sajapur city hospital, Madhya Pradesh. The video of that old man has been viral on media. After that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a probe into the matter. Every time video can’t be viral on social Read more
Introduction: The Indian Penal Code, 1860 entails different kinds of crimes, their nature, scope and punishment thereof. The Indian Penal Code was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1837; he was also the Chairman of the First Law Commission. The code is influence by British Law however; various elements have Read more
“Nearly all men can stand adversity but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln Introduction: The recent incident in Tuticorin involving police brutality leading to the death of a father-son duo in police custody has caused a nationwide outrage in the country. This is Read more
A person’s reputation is as a property. In some cases more important than other properties. It becomes a civil responsibility of a person, not to harm the reputation of another. Defamation is the action of damaging one’s good reputation in the form of oral statements or published format. The key Read more
After a cognizable complaint is made in the form of an FIR, to a police officer, he is duty-bound to look into the matter and later submit a final complaint to the magistrate. This final complaint is in the form of chargesheet. A chargesheet is only for the offense which Read more
Introduction: Out of several defences in criminal law, it is the very interesting defence to any crime, that can negates criminal liability of the convict against the criminal offence. Automatism is a defence where it shows the uncontrolled actions of the defendant. It is certainly not a state of mind Read more