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Principles of Criminal Law, is a well established work that presents the General Principles of Criminal Law dealing with fundamental elements of crime, viz. stages in commission of crime, constructive joint criminality, abetment and criminal conspiracy, theory of punishment and general exceptions, in a comprehensive and interesting manner.
The exposition of the basic principles of criminal law is substantiated by exhaustive discussion of important cases like the Subramanian Swamy v. A. Raja (2G and 3G Spectrum case) ; Mohd Ajmal Amir Kasab v. State of Maharashtra, etc. Some of the important topics dealt with in this edition are Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts, Principles of Legality, Justification of Capital Punishment and Mode of Execution of Death Sentence.
The learned revising author has painstakingly revised and updated the current edition, incorporating the latest case law and recent statutory amendments. Model questions and answers, suggested readings and a detailed subject-index enhance the utility of the book.
This book will be immensely useful for the law students, students appearing in competitive examinations, teachers, judges, advocates and legal fraternity.
Gujarat Law Reporter “This book crystallises the principles of criminal law by explaining the fundamentals, and various aspects of the principles, put together topic-wise with relevant sections. For better utility of the book, decisions of the Supreme Court as well as High Courts are described in detail wherever felt necessary, bringing the edition up-to-date”
Extent and Operation of the Code 2 Definition of Crime 3 Distinction between Crime and Tort 5 Criminal Law & Morality 5
Human Being 7 Mens Rea 10 Mens rea and statutory crimes 11 Mens rea and Indian Law 13 Words denoting Mens Rea in IPC 16 Fraudulently 16 Dishonestly 19 Difference between Fraudulently and Dishonestly 20 Voluntarily 21 Actus reus (Act or Omission) 23 Injury 24 Good faith 25
Intention or Contemplation 27 Preparation 28 Attempt 29 Essentials of the Attempt 29 Impossible Attempt 32 Illustrative cases 34 Attempt and preparation distinguished 36 Sections 511 and 307, IPC 37 Accomplishment 38
Common Intention 39 Common Object 46 Conviction of less than five persons 50 Charge under Section 149 and conviction under Section 34 51 Distinction between Sections 34 and 149 52
Abetment 54 English Law 54 A principal in the first degree 55 A principal in the second degree 55 Accessory before the fact 56 Accessory after the fact 56 Indian Law 57 Abetment by instigation 58 Abetment by conspiracy 59 Abetment by intentional aiding 60 Abetment in General 61 Punishment for Abetment 63 Sections 34 and 114 64 Criminal Conspiracy 65 Ingredients of criminal conspiracy 67 Two or more persons 67 Agreement 68 Illegal act or legal act by illegal means 68 Single general conspiracy and separate conspiracies 70 Punishment 70 Sections 34, 109 and 120-A 71 Proof of Conspiracy 71 Abetment and Conspiracy 72
Deterrent 73 Retributive 74 Preventive theory 74 Reformative theory 74 Punishment under the Penal Code 76 Fine 78 Remission of sentence of life imprisonment 79 Death sentence 80
Mistake 84 Judicial and Executive Acts 87 Accident 87 Ingredients 88 Necessity 89 Necessity and Compulsion 89 Necessity 89 Leading case 91 Compulsion or Duress 93 Infancy 95 Indian Law: Infancy under Penal Code 96 Insanity 97 M'Naghten's case 98 Sentence 105 Legal and Medical Insanity 106 Irresistible Impulse 106 Drunkenness 107 Indian Law of Intoxication 109 Consent 111 Good Faith (Implied Consent) 115 Triviality 117 Private Defence 118 When Death may be caused 125 When Harm other than Death may be caused 127 Harm to Innocent Persons 127 Commencement of the Right of Private Defence and its duration 127 When Right of Private Defence of Property extends to causing Death 128 When the Right of Private Defence to Property extends to causing any Harm other than Death 129 Right of Trespasser against true Owner 130 Conclusion 133 MODEL QUESTIONS 135 SUGGESTED READING 141 SUBJECT INDEX 146
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