Law of Crimes-I (The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023)
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University · LL.B. Semester 2
Unit 1 — General (with Elements of Criminal Liability) [8 units]
1. The concept of Crime · 2. State's power to determine acts or commissions as crimes · 3. State's responsibility to detect, control and punish crime, · 4. The distinction between crime and other wrongs · 5. An overview of history & development of law of crime in India · 6. Applicability of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Territorial, Personal · 7. Salient Features of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita · 8. Definitions under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - counterfeit, dishonestly, fraudulently, gender, good faith, injury, illegal, offence, valuable security, voluntarily, wrongful gain, wrongful loss, public servant, · Elements of Criminal Liability: 1. Author of crime-natural person and a fit subject for punishment, companies, and corporations 2. Mens rea - evil intention 3. Importance of mens rea 4. Recent Trends to fix liability without mens rea in certain Socio-Economic Offences, 5. An act in furtherance of guilty intent 6. An omission is specifically included in code 7. Injury to another.
Unit 2 — Stages of Crime [4 units]
1. Guilty intention - Mere intention not punishable · 2. Preparation: Preparation is not punishable, exception in respect of certain offences of grave nature or of a peculiar kind · 3. Attempt: Attempt when punishable. · 4. Actual commission
Unit 3 — Punishment: (Sec 4-13) [4 units]
1. Death: Social relevance of capital punishment, Alternatives to capital punishment, · 2. Imprisonment - for life, with hard labour, simple imprisonment · 3. Forfeiture of property · 4. Fine, · 5. Community Service · Discretion in awarding punishment: Minimum punishment in respect of certain offences
Unit 4 — Group liability [8 units]
1. Stringent provision in case of a combination of persons attempting to disturb peace · 2. Common Intention (Sec 3(5)) · 3. Abetment: Instigation, aiding and conspiracy, Mere act of abetment punishable (Sec 45-59) · 4. Unlawful Assembly (Sec 189) · 5. Criminal conspiracy (Sec 61) · 6. Rioting as a specific offence (Sec 191), Sec 196.
Unit 5 — Factors Negativing Guilty Intention: (Sec 14 - 44) [12 units]
1. Mistake of fact (Sec 14, 17) · 2. Juridical act (Sec 15, 16) · 3. Absence of criminal intention (Sec 18-24) · 4. Consent (Sec 25-30) · 5. Communication made in good faith (Sec 31), · 6. Act to which a person is compelled by threats (Sec 32), · 8. Trifling acts (Sec 33) · 9. Private Defence - Justification and limits, when private defence extends to causing of death to protect body and property (Sec 34-44)
Unit 6 — Offences against women & Child: (Sec. 63 - 99) [10 units]
1. Rape (Sec 63-73) · 2. Insulting the modesty of a women · 3. Assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of women (Sec 74) · 4. Sexual harassment (Sec 75) · 5. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe (Sec 76) · 6. Voyeurism (Sec 77) · 7. Stalking (Sec 78) · 8. Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman (Sec 79), · 9. Dowry death (Sec 80) · 10. Offences relating to marriage - cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage (Sec 81), marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage (Sec 83), cruelty (Sec 85, 86), bigamy (Sec 82), enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman (Sec 84), kidnapping or abducting women to compel her marriage (Sec 87) · 9. Causing miscarriage (Sec 88-92) · 11. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it (Sec 93) · 12. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body (Sec 94) · 13. Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence (Sec 95) · 14. Procuration of child (Sec 96) · 15. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person (Sec 97) · 16. Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc. (Sec 98) · 17. Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc. (Sec 99)
Unit 7 — Offences affecting the human body: (Sec 100 - 146) [20 units]
1. Culpable homicide (Sec 100, 102, 105) · 2. Murder (Sec 101, 103, 104) · 3. Causing death by negligence (Sec 106) · 4. Abetment of suicide (Sec 107, 108) · 5. Attempt to murder (Sec 109) · 6. Attempt to commit culpable homicide (Sec 110) · 7. Organized crime (Sec 111, 112) · 8. Terrorist act (Sec 113) · 9. Hurt & grievous hurt (Sec 114-125) · 10. Wrongful restraint & wrongful confinement (Sec 126-127) · 11. Assault & criminal force (Sec 128-136) · 12. Kidnapping & abduction (Sec 137-146)
Unit 8 — Offences by or relating to public servants: (Sec 198 - 199) [4 units]
1. Public servant (Sec 2(28)) · 2. Public servant disobeying law (Sec 198-199) · 3. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury (Sec 201) · 4. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade (Sec 202) · 5. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property (Sec 203) · 6. Personating a public servant (Sec 204) · 7. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent (Sec 205)
Unit 9 — Offences against property: (Sec 303 - 334) [10 units]
1. Theft (Sec 303-307) · 2. Extortion (Sec 308) · 3. Robbery & Dacoity (Sec 309-313) · 4. Criminal misappropriation of property (Sec 314-315) · 5. Criminal breach of trust (Sec 316) · 6. Stolen property (Sec 317), · 7. Cheating (Sec 318-319) · 8. Mischief (Sec 324-328) · 9. Criminal Trespass (sec 329 - 334)