Category: Criminal Law

Can a Private person make an Arrest?

Can a Private person make an Arrest?

Can a Private person make an Arrest? What is Arrest? The word “Arrest” when used in its ordinary sense means..

Law on section 498A IPC, 498A Misuse, Supreme Court of India

Law on section 498A IPC, 498A Misuse, Supreme Court of India

498A misuse: 498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.—Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman

Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement

Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement

The offences of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement involved not a direct physical harm, but a restriction upon right to movement of person. The actus reus in three cases lies in the actual obstruction of the person by the accused from moving in a direction in which he had right to move. The Mens Rea lies in the causation of this effect of obstruction voluntarily by the accused.

What is Sedition Law (IPC 124A)?: Explained

What is Sedition Law (IPC 124A)?: Explained

What is Sedition Law: IPC 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which deals with the Sedition was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay and included in the IPC in 1870.

Mischief Section 425 IPC: Ingredients

Mischief Section 425 IPC: Ingredients

Mischief Section 425 IPC : Mischief Whoever with intent to cause, or knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful..