A Doctrinal Research on Section 498a IPC, 1860 - A.
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In 1961, the payment of dowry was prohibited under the Indian Civil Law, and also under sections 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Despite this, this system of dowry has been a continuous and never ending menace in Indian society. These laws were made in order to make it easier for women to seek redress from the harassment she is under by the man’s family. But these laws have.
Section 498A of IPC recognizes domestic violence as a cognizable (i.e., felony) offense and allows police officers to arrest the perpetrator without a warrant. Under this section, if the victim or the relatives of the victim complain to the police that the victim suffered “cruelty by husband or relatives of husband,” the police have no option but to take action. The perpetrator can face.
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Section 300 in The Indian Penal Code. 300. Murder.—Except in the cases hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or— —If it is done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause the death of the person to whom the harm is caused, or— —If it is.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was amended specifically to deal with dowry-related violence, cruelty and dowry deaths in 1983. Section 498A IPC penalizes harassment (or any kind) of a woman by her marital family. Unnatural death of a woman within seven years of marriage attracts penal provisions of section 304B IPC. This section defines dowry death as the unnatural death of a woman following.
This paper deals with intoxication as a defence under IPC. Firstly, it describes what intoxication is and secondly, how intoxication affects different parts of our body. The test laid down to fix liability in the cases of intoxication is a foreseeability test which is also described in this paper. The topic of involuntary intoxication is dealt further and the cases related in which person.