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It has the lowest conviction rate among all the crimes under Indian Penal Code. [7] In 2005, Section 498A IPC was upheld by the Supreme Court of India when it was challenged. [8] In 2010, the Supreme Court spoke about the misuse of anti-dowry laws in Preeti Gupta & Another v. State of Jharkhand & Another and more detailed investigation was ...
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.
Theft under Section 379, 380 and 381 of the Indian Penal Code provided that the value of the stolen property is below ₹ 2,000. Receiving or retaining stolen property under Section 411 of the penal code where the value of the stolen property is below ₹ 2,000.
One subsection (Section 3(2)(v)) increases the punishment for certain offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). These protections can be broadly divided into protection from Social disabilities (denial of access to certain places and to use customary passage and to get water from any spring, reservoir or any other source).
Section 304B was added to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC"), which made dowry death a specific offence punishable with a minimum sentence of imprisonment for 7 years and a maximum imprisonment for life. It provided that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs in suspicious circumstances within 7 years of her ...
The 52 items currently on the list are: [5] [6] 1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in aid of the civil power.
228A. Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc. [4] Whoever prints or publishes the name or any matter which may make known the identity of any person against whom an offence under section 376, section 376A, section 376AB, section 376B, section 376C, section 376D, section 376DA and section 376DB [1] is alleged or found to have been committed (hereafter in this section ...
Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code defines the offence of sedition as follows: "Sedition. Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Government established by law in India ...