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Understanding Crime
- What is a Crime?
- What are the ingredients of Crime?
- Concept of Mens Rea (Guilty Mind)
- Stages of Commission of Crime
Chapter I Introduction
- Historical Background and Scheme of the Code
- Extent and Intra-territorial Jurisdiction of the Code (Ss. 1 and 2)
- Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of the Code (Ss. 3 and 4)
- Extradition
- Applications of Certain Laws Overriding IPC (S. 5)
- Concept Application 1.1 (MCQs)
- Concept Application 1.2 (2 M Questions)
- Concept Application 1.3 (3 M Questions)
- Concept Application 1.4 (Short Notes)
- Concept Application 1.5 (Essay Type Questions)
- Concept Application 1.6 (Situational Problems)
Chapter II General Explanations
- Section 6 and Chapter of General Exceptions
- Sense of expression once explained (S. 7)
- Terms Gender, Number, Man-Woman (Ss. 8 – 10)
- Person (S. 11)
- Public, Government, Servant of Government, India (Ss. 12 to 18)
- Criminal Act in Furtherance of Common Intention (S. 34)
- Concept Application 2.1 A MCQs (Ss. 6 to 52)
Chapter III of Punishments
Chapter IV Of General Exceptions
- General Exceptions Meaning and its Use as Defense
- Understanding Mistake of Law and Mistake of Fact
- Mistake of Fact Under (S. 76)
- Judicial Acts (Ss. 77 and 78)
- Mistake of Fact (S. 79)
- Defense of Accident (S. 80)
- Doctrine of Necessity (S. 81)
- Law of Infancy (Ss. 82 and 83)
- Defense of Insanity (S. 84)
- Law of Intoxication (Ss. 85 and 86)
- Defence of Consent (Ss. 87 to 92 IPC)
- Things Done in Private Defence (S. 96)
- Right of private defence of body and property (S. 97)
Chapter V Of Abetment
- Abetment and Punishment for Abetment (Ss. 107 t0 109)
- Specific Form of Abetment (Ss. 110 to 120)
Chapter V A of Criminal Conspiracy
Criminal Conspiracy (Ss. 120A and 120 B)
Chapter VI of Offences Against State
Chapter VIII of Offences Against the Public Tranquility
- Unlawful Assembly (S. 141)
- Aggravated Forms of Unlawful Assembly (Ss. 142 -145 and 149 IPC)
- Rioting (Ss. 146 to 148)
Chapter IXA of Offences Related to Elections
Chapter X of Contempt of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Chapter XI of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
- False Evidence and Fabrication of False Evidence (S. 191 to 193)
- Aggravated forms of Giving False Evidence (Ss. 194 to 195A)
- Offences Punishable in the Same Way as Giving or Fabricating False Evidence(Ss. 196 to 200 IPC)
- Causing Disappearance of Evidence (S. 201 IPC)
- Counterfeiting of Coins (Ss. 230 to 254 IPC)
Chapter XIV of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
- Public Nuisance (S. 268)
- Offence Related to Spread of Infectious Disease (Ss. 269 to 271 IPC)
- Offences Related to Adulteration of Food (Ss. 272 and 273)
- Offences Related to Adulteration of Drugs (Ss. 274-276 IPC)
- Offences Related to Environment (Ss. 277 and 278 IPC)
- Offences Affecting Public Safety and Convenience (Ss. 279 – 291)
- Offences Related to Obscenity (Ss. 292 to 294A)
Chapter XVI of Offences Affecting the Human Body
- Homicides and its Kinds
- Culpable Homicide (Ss. 299 and 304)
- Hurt (S. 319)
- Grievous Hurt (S. 320)
- Aggravated Forms of Hurt (Ss. 321 to 338)
- Wrongful Restraint/Confinement (Ss. 339 to 342)
- Aggravated Forms of Wrongful Confinement (Ss. 343 to 348)
- Force Under IPC (S. 349)
- Criminal Force (S. 350)
- Assault (Ss. 351 to 358)
- Outraging Modesty of a Woman (S. 354)
- Sexual Harassment, Disrobing, Voyeurism, and Stalking (S. 354A to 354D)
- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
- Kidnapping and Abduction (Ss. 359 to 369)
Chapter XVII of Offences Against Property
- Theft and Punishment for It (Ss. 378 and 379)
- Aggravated Forms of Theft (Ss. 381 and 382)
- Extortion and Punishment For It (Ss. 383 and 384 IPC)
- Aggravated Forms of Extortion (Ss. 385-389)
Chapter XVIII of Offences Related to Document and Property Marks
- Forgery and False Document (Ss. 463 to 465)
- Aggravated Forms of Forgery
Chapter XX of Offences Relating to Marriage
- Mock or Deceitful Marriages (Ss. 493 and 496)
- Bigamy and Concealment of First Marriage (Ss. 494 and 495)
- Enticing or Taking Away a Married Woman (S. 498)
Chapter XXI of Defamation
- Concept of Reputation
- Criminal Defamation: (Ss. 499 and 502 of IPC)
- Exception 1 to Defamation
- Exception 2 to Defamation
Chapter XXII of Criminal Intimidation, Insult And Annoyance
- Criminal Intimidation (Ss. 503 and 506 IPC)
- Intentional Insult with Intent to Provoke Breach of the Peace (S. 504 IPC)
Chapter XXIII of Attempts to Commit Offence:
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