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Definition and Nature of Crime

Definition of Crime Crime can be defined as an act or omission that is prohibited by law and is punishable by the state. It is...

Constituents Elements of Crime

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) defines a crime as an act or omission that is punishable under the law. The following are the essential...

Stages of Crime

The various phases or processes that take place between having the idea to commit a crime and actually carrying it out are referred to...

Dowry Death

The offence of dowry death falls under Section 304B of the IPC, which is a cognizable and non-bailable offence. The Indian Penal Code (IPC) has...

Section 57: Fractions of terms of punishment

In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years.

Section 58: Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported

Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955)

Section 60: Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous of simple

In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court...

Section 61: Sentence of forfeiture of property

Rep. by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921 (16 of 1921), s. 4.

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