BNS-2023

Objectives

The course is designed to enable the students to understand the key concepts of crime and criminal liability, methods of controlling crimes, specific offences under the Indian criminal law, and to keep them abreast of the latest legislative and judicial developments in the field of criminal law.

UNIT – I

General Principles of Crime
  • Conceptions of Crime
  • Distinction between Crime, Morality and Other Wrongs
Principles of Criminal Liability
  • Actus Reus and Mens Rea
  • Other Related Maxims
  • Variations in Liability
  • Mistake
  • Intoxication
  • Compulsion
  • Legally Abnormal Person
  • Possible Parties to the Crime
  • State Obligation to Detect and Punish
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
  • Historical Background
  • Extent and Operation
  • Definitions and General Explanations (Sections 2–39)
  • Trends towards Gender Neutrality
  • Punishments
    • Community Service (Sections 4–13)
    • Commutation
    • Amount of Fine
    • Liability in Default of Payment of Fine
    • Solitary Confinement
  • General Exceptions (Sections 14–44)

UNIT – II

Inchoate Crimes
  • Abetment
  • Abetment of Offence by a Person Outside India (Sections 45–60)
  • Criminal Conspiracy (Section 61)
  • Attempt (Section 62)
Offences Against Women
  • Rape and Other Sexual Offences
  • Sexual Intercourse by Employing Deceitful Means (Sections 63–73)
  • Criminal Force and Assault Against Women (Sections 74–79)
  • Offences Relating to Marriage
  • Dowry Death (Section 80)
  • Bigamy (Section 82)
  • Cruelty (Sections 85 & 86)
  • Kidnapping (Section 87)
Offences Against Children
  • Sections 91–97

UNIT – III

Offences Against the Human Body

Offences Affecting Life
  • Culpable Homicide
  • Mob Lynching (Sections 100, 102, 103, 105, 110)
  • Murder
  • Hit and Run Cases
  • Causing Death by Rash or Negligent Act (Sections 101, 104, 106, 109)
  • Suicide (Section 107–108)
Offences Affecting the Human Body
  • Organized Crimes (Sections 111–112)
  • Terrorist Acts (Section 113)
  • Hurt
  • Grievous Hurt Resulting in Vegetative State or Permanent Disability (Sections 114–125)
  • Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement (Sections 126–127)
  • Criminal Force and Assault (Sections 128–136)
  • Kidnapping, Including Kidnapping for Beggary
  • Abduction
  • Slavery and Forced Labour (Sections 137–146)

UNIT – IV

Offences Against the State
  • Waging or Attempting to Wage War Against the Government of India
  • Acts Endangering Sovereignty, Unity and Integrity of India (Sections 147–158)
  • Offences Relating to Elections
  • Coin
  • Currency Notes, etc. (Sections 168–188)
Offences Against Public Tranquillity
  • Unlawful Assembly
  • Rioting
  • Affray
  • Promoting Enmity Between Groups on the Grounds of Religion, etc.
  • Imputations, Assertions Prejudicial to National Integration (Sections 189–190)
Offences Against Public Justice
  • False/Fabricating Evidence
  • Destruction of Evidence
  • Harbouring of Offender (Sections 227–238)
Other Offences
  • Public Nuisance (Sections 270–273)
  • Mischief and Criminal Trespass (Sections 324–334)
  • Forgery
  • Offences Relating to Property Marks (Sections 335–344)

UNIT – V

Offences Against Property
  • Theft
  • Snatching (Sections 303–307)
  • Extortion (Section 308)
  • Robbery (Section 309 & Sections 313–312)
  • Criminal Misappropriation of Property (Sections 314–315)
  • Criminal Breach of Trust (Section 316)
  • Receiving Stolen Property (Section 317)
  • Cheating (Sections 318–319)
  • Defamation
  • Criminal Intimidation
  • Insult
  • Annoyance, etc. (Sections 351–356)