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S. 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Punishment of criminal conspiracy (1) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards, shall, where no express provision is made in this Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy, be punished in the same manner as if he had abetted such offence. 2) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy other than a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable as aforesaid shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or with fine or with both. A) Criminal conspiracy to commit an offence, Punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of 2 Years or upwards- Then the punishment shall be Same as for Abetment of that Offence B) Any other criminal conspiracy - Then the punishment shall be 6 Months or Fine or Both Elements of a criminal conspi

According to section 499 of Indian Penal Code , whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except in the cases hereinafter expected, to defame that person. Defamation is the making of a false statement concerning a person or business that damages that person’s or business’s reputation. If a false statement is made and that person or business’s reputation is damaged, there can be legal consequences for the person who made the statement. Defamation applies to both written and oral statements that are published to third parties. Publication includes the posting of material on the Internet. Defamation can either be a statement that is verbal or written. If a defamatory statement is made verbally, it’s called slander. If a defamatory statement

Section 357A of the Criminal Procedure Code- Chapter XXVII Victim compensation scheme Every State Government in co-ordination with the Central Government shall prepare a scheme for providing funds for the purpose of compensation to the victim or his dependents who have suffered loss or injury as a result of the crime and who, require rehabilitation. Whenever a recommendation is made by the Court for compensation, the District Legal Service Authority or the State Legal Service Authority, as the case may be, shall decide the quantum of compensation to be awarded under the scheme referred to in sub-section (1) If the trial Court, at the conclusion of the trial, is satisfied, that the compensation awarded under section 357 is not adequate for such rehabilitation, or where the cases end in acquittal or discharge and the victim has to be rehabilitated, it may make recommendation for compensation. Where the offender is not traced or identified, but the victim is identified, and wh

First step is that you should apply for anticipatory bail, if the frivolous FIR is lodged against you, but check in FIR that with bailable offence, there should be a non - bailable offence charged against you. As anticipatory bail is granted only when there is a non-bailable offence charged against you. Anticipatory bail is provided under Section 438 of CrPC. The person can apply for Anticipatory bail only in case of Cognizable and Non-bailable offence. If a false FIR has been lodged against a person in order to implicate him in a false case, he has the option to apply for the Anticipatory Bail under Sec 438 of CrPC. The Person can apply to the High Court or Court of Session for the grant of Anticipatory Bail. The Court will grant the Anticipatory bail taking into consideration, where the accusation has been made with the intent of causing injury or implicating a person in a false case (as it can be proved easily by you, as you are innocent). If all the offences charged against yo

In India the fundamental mistake committed by the complainants are that they do not understand that only filing a FIR will not help them to get justice. We need to understand that the evidences and proofs can only lead the way to justice. So,first understand S.498 A of Indian Penal Code, So, whenever the husband or In laws have beaten the complainant, the complainant should visit the nearest government hospital for medical treatment and medical certificate. Only government hospital certificates can be admitted as a proof in the court of law. If the injury is mental harassment then also the above procedure, the complainant has to follow. Detailed information about Section 498 A- Section 498-A IPC was introduced with an objective to fight the menace of dowry deaths and harassment to a woman at the hands of her husband or his relatives. Definition under Section 498-A: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty — Whoever, being the husband or the rel

The accused should surrender to police as in the above sections, all the offences are bailable thus as per legal procedure, the accused cannot apply for anticipatory bail as the above mentioned charges framed against the accused, are not containing at least one non bailable offence against the accused, all the charges are bailable offences. Offences under the Criminal Law are classified into bailable and non-bailable offence. Section 2(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, provides that “bailable offence” refers to offences which are shown as bailable in the First Schedule or which is made bailable by any other Law and non-bailable offence means any other offence not specified in the First Schedule. A general reading of the bailable offences in the Schedule indicates that by and large not so serious offences are considered as bailable and other offences are considered as non-bailable. According to the First Schedule offences under any Law other than the Indian Penal C

In consumer court, a consumer can plead for himself/herself; means an individual does not need to hire a lawyer. But an individual should be well versed with Consumers Protection Act 1986 . Consumer Protection Act-1986 and The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 Above two are very important for an individual, in order to defend your case against the beauty product company. A consumer is called ‘the king’ who controls the market. Although, a lot of businesses get involved in trade malpractices and sell fake or substandard products, or provide services at an inferior quality in order to cut costs and earn more profits. It is the consumer that ultimately suffers by paying hefty prices for defective goods, or faulty services. But, a consumer has been given the right to hold the manufacturer, seller or service provider liable for such faults goods or services. A consumer has various options to raise their claim with the company about their