The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was replaced...
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Section 420 in the Indian Penal Code deals with Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. The maximum punishment which can be awarded under...
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Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for obscene acts or words in public. The other sections of Indian Penal code which deal with...
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Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises attempted suicide as well as suicide assistance. Section 309 states: Whoever attempts to commit suicide...
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Section 377 (redirect from Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code)
homosexual activity. As per Supreme Court Judgement since 2018, the Indian Penal Code Section 377 is used to convict non-consensual sexual activities among...
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Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for the deliberate and malicious acts, that are intended to outrage religious feelings...
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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (redirect from Indian Penal Code (2023))
is the official criminal code in the Republic of India. It was introduced in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which dated back to...
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The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged...
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Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition. The Indian Penal Code was enacted in 1860, under the British Raj. Section...
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State Ranbir Penal Code or RPC was the main criminal code applicable in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Penal Code, applicable...
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Rebellion of 1857, the crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code, 1861 was passed by the British parliament. The CrPC was created for...
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The Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code was inserted into the Indian Penal Code 1860 by the Criminal Law amendment Act 1983 by the Parliament of India...
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Burma and is divided into 23 chapters. The Penal Code of Myanmar is nearly identical to the Indian Penal Code, due to their shared origins under British...
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The Section 326 A in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 10 years' imprisonment. It can extend...
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1872. The Code was practically a re-enactment of the Indian Penal Code. Over the years, the Penal Code has been amended several times. In 1973, punishments...
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Force (law) (section Indian Penal Code)
lawful compulsion, due to the state having a monopoly on violence. In Indian Penal Code, Section 349 explains the meaning of force as under:- 'A person is...
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The Penal Code of Bangladesh is the official criminal code of Bangladesh. It is based on the Indian Penal Code enacted in 1860 by the Governor General-in-Council...
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code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will...
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Adultery law in India (redirect from Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code)
Adultery was a criminal offence under Chapter XX of the Indian Penal Code until it was quashed by the Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2018 as unconstitutional...
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Naik, SK; Das, S (April–June 2013). "Hurt & Grievous Hurt in Indian Context" (PDF). J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 35 (2): 160–164. Retrieved 4 September 2014...
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The Section 326 B in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for attempted acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 5 years' imprisonment. It can...
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Section 377A (Singapore) (redirect from Section 377 of the Singapore Penal Code)
it was added to the Penal Code by the colonial government. It remained a part of the Singapore body of law after the Penal Code review of 2007 which...
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Hari Singh Gour (category 19th-century Indian lawyers)
that time, the Indian Penal Code had come to be the law of the land, with its amendments and modifications. However, the Indian Penal Code retained very...
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Section 20 of the Indian Penal Code is about courts of justice. The section states: The words "Court of Justice" denote a judge who is empowered by law...
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penalty for some crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by hanging...
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Rape in India (redirect from Rape in Indian-administered Kashmir)
its penal code for crimes of rape and sexual assault. According to NCRB 2021 statistics, Rajasthan reported the highest number of rapes among Indian states...
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The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences...
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National Commission for Women (category Use Indian English from September 2019)
of a minor controversy over its insistence that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code not be changed to make adulterous wives equally prosecutable by their...
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include causing death whether by intention or not. Under §299 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), "[...committer of] Culpable homicide" is defined as "Whoever...
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Information Technology Act, 2000 (category Use Indian English from August 2016)
this new law. The Act also amended various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1891...
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