Introduction The legal system of India is based on an extremely important concept “innocent until proven guilty”. This concept simply states that until and unless an accused is proven guilty for committing an offence and is only under an ongoing trial, the accused cannot be termed as a criminal. Henceforth, due to this concept, the …
INTRODUCTION: The right to liberty, a fundamental right provides us the right to ask for bail. Anticipatory bail means seeking a temporary bail in anticipation of an arrest on the accusation of a non-bailable offense having committed by him and is mentioned under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). It was recommended …
Introduction The laws of our country, India is an extremely wide concept. There are more than 1200 laws in our nation. According to the National Crime Bureau’s (NCB’s) 2018 report, there were more than 50,00,000 lakh criminal cases filed in the year preceding the reporting year. In such a scenario it is of utmost importance …
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) vs. The Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) Read More »
PROBATION As we know, there are different types of punishment theories used to punish the offenders. But “RETRIBUTIVE THEORY” is a famous one during ancient times. Retributive Theory is a type of theory in which the offenders are treated in the same way as victims. For example, A convicted of throwing acid into the face …
Introduction A very prominent jurist William Blackstone said: “Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” The term ‘Wrongful Conviction’ refers to the state of being proved guilty. It is a judgment of guilt in a court of law. An individual can be wrongfully convicted due to a lot of reasons such …
INTRODUCTION This research will address arguments for and against the use of the Death Penalty. This study will be a library and internet-based using both primary and secondary evidence that it will give a clear understanding. Some of the arguments against capital punishment are a miscarriage of justice and its cost. Capital punishment has been …
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ABSTRACT This paper endeavors to give a voice to all those women who were and are abused in India. A vast majority of women experience daily abuse that is extremely severe and many of them live under the threat of murder. A big number of these women report needing medical care for their injuries. There …
Introduction The validity of capital punishment, also called death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense continues to be challenged by civil societies and human rights groups. This article will analyse arguments for and against the relevance of death penalty in the 21st …
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INTRODUCTION Examination of a witness by the opposing/adverse party is called the cross-examination(C-E). C-E is the most effective of all the means for extracting truth and exposing deceit. It is a greatest legal system ever invented for discovery of truth. It is the only mode for testing the authenticity of the statements given by a …
INTRODUCTION The criminal law generally prohibits undesirable acts. Thus, proof of a crime requires proof of some act. Some of the Scholars labelled it as the requirement of an actus reus which means guilty act. Some crimes – particularly modern regulatory offenses – require no more, and they are known as strict liability offenses (E.g. …
