Law of Crimes – I (I.P.C.)

University of Kota · LL.B. Semester 3 · Paper 10

Unit 1 — General Introduction

Nature, Scope and definition, of crime; Mental elements in crimes, intention, motive, knowledge; extent and operation in case of intra and extra territorial operation; General explanation, common intention and common object, punishments and its kinds.

Unit 2 — General Exceptions

Mistake of fact and mistake of law; judicial act, accident, necessity, child's act, act of person of unsound mind, intoxication, trifling act ; right of private defence of body and property ; abetment ; criminal conspiracy.

Unit 3 — Offences against the State

Waging war against the state and sedition etc.

Unit 4 — Offences against public tranquility

Unlawful Assembly; rioting ; promoting enmity between different classes, affray; contempt of lawful authority of public servants; False evidence and offences against public justice; Public nuisance, rash driving or riding.

Unit 5 — Offences relating to Religion

Injury of defiling place of worship; Disturbing religious assembly, trespassing on burial places, uttering words to injure religious feelings.

Unit 6 — Offences affecting Human body

Culpable homicide, murder, homicide by rash or negligent acts, dowry deaths; Hurt-simple and grievous, wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement; criminal force and assault; Kidnapping, abduction, rape, unlawful sexual intercourse and unnatural offences.

Unit 7 — Offences against property

Theft, extortion, robbery, dacoity; Criminal misappropriation of property, criminal breach of trust, receiving and retaining or concealment of state property; Cheating mischief and criminal trespass.

Unit 8 — Offences relating to documents

Forgery or making a forged document.

Unit 9 — Offences relating to marriage

Bigamy, marriage or fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage, adultery, enticing or deceiting a married woman; Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband.

Unit 10 — Definition

Criminal intimidation and words leading to the insulting the modesty of woman.

Unit 11 — Stage of Crime

Intention, preparation and act.