Criminal Law

.............................................................................................................................
Description
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 has been in force in India since the last more than one hundred and sixty years with least amendments. Over the years, its provisions have been legislatively as well as judicially scanned and perceived to read them in tune with thechanging facets of the constitutional and social ethos. Nevertheless, some of these changes, the values and ideals on which they are being constructed, and their inter-play with corresponding social & individual 'outlook' still stand debatable. Construction and de-construction of criminal law, as observed in Preface to the earlier edition, can hardly be put into a definite theoretical paradigm, or convincingly justified on socio-political ethos. Making and unmaking of 'crime', and thereby of 'criminal law', remains a complex dynamic process. The present fifteenth edition, without altering the structural outlay followed in the earlier editions, endeavours to incorporate, at the appropriate places, the changes brought in, and the renewed judicial facets added to, certain provisions of the Penal Code since the last fourteenth edition was published in 2019. A care has also been taken to put these changes in the right place, with apt comments and reflections. The changes proposed by the Law Commission of India and other Committees are also highlighted and examined in the respective chapters to offer them a holistic view. Some of the chapters are re-visited to tune their theoretical contours with the emerging ones. All the chapters are reviewed in the light of the post-fourteenth edition leading judicial pronouncements, legislative amendments, and juristic opinions.
.............................................................................................................................
Contents
Chapter 1.    Nature of Crime
Chapter 2.    Penal Law in India
Chapter 3.    Actus Reus
Chapter 4.    Mens Rea
Chapter 5.    General Exceptions-An Introduction
Chapter 6.    Mistake of Fact
Chapter 7.    Judicial Acts
Chapter 8.    Accident and Misfortune
Chapter 9.    Infancy
Chapter 10.  Insanity or Mental Abnormality
Chapter 11.  Intoxication
Chapter 12.  Consent and Compulsion
Chapter 13.  Trivial Acts
Chapter 14.  Private Defence
Chapter 15.  Attempt
Chapter 16.  Abetment
Chapter 17.  Criminal Conspiracy
Chapter 18.  Joint Liability
Chapter 19.  Of Punishments
Chapter 20.  Jurisdiction
Chapter 21.  Offences Against the State
Chapter 22.  Offences Relating to Army, Navy and Air Force
Chapter 23.  Offences Against Public Tranquility
Chapter 24.  Offences Relating to Elections
Chapter 25.  Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Chapter 26.  False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
Chapter 27.  Offences Affecting Public Health, Safety, Convenience,
                       Decency and Morals
Chapter 28.  Coins and Government Stamps
Chapter 29.  Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Chapter 30.  Offences Relating to Religion
Chapter 31.  Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
Chapter 32.  Offences Relating to Marriage
Chapter 33.  Homicide
Chapter 34. Of Punishment
Chapter 35.  Offences Relating to Children
Chapter 36.  Hurt and Grievous Hurt
Chapter 37.  Criminal Force and Assault
Chapter 38.  Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement
Chapter 39.  Kidnapping and Abduction
Chapter 40.  Sexual Offences
Chapter 41.  Theft and Extortion
Chapter 42.  Robbery and Dacoity
Chapter 43.  Criminal Misappropriation and Breach of Trust
Chapter 44.  Receipt of Stolen Property
Chapter 45.  Cheating
Chapter 46.  Mischief
Chapter 47.  Criminal Trespass
Chapter 48.  Offences Relating to Documents
Chapter 49.  Offences Relating to Property Marks and Currency-notes
Chapter 50.  Defamation
Chapter 51.  Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
Subject Index
.............................................................................................................................
Author Details
P.S.A. Pillai
Dr. K.I. Vibhute, is Emeritus Professor of Law, National Law University, Jodhpur. While teaching at jodhpur, he also served as the Director for the Centre for Criminal Law Studies. He has been Professor of Law at various universities in India and abroad, including the University of Pune, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, Brunei Darussalam, the University of Technology Mara, Malaysia, National University of Malaysia and Bremen University, Germany. He has authored or edited nine books, and has also contributed to sixteen anthologies. Many of these publications are prescribed as textbooks in Indian and foreign universities. He has to his credit, one hundred and thirteen articles in reputed law journals across the globe. He has also presented papers at more than sixty-five international and national conferences. He has been a member of the Editorial/Advisory Boards of the Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Asian Year Book of International Law, Scholasticus, Inter-national Journal of Criminal Justice Science and Ethiopian Journal of Legal Education. He is a life member of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, Environmental Scientists Association of India and International Jurist Organization (Asia).
.............................................................................................................................