Unit 7 of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) (syllabus: Module 2.4 - BNS ss. 100-146). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- The accused meant to stab the man in the abdomen but not to kill him, and the wound proved fatal. Murder or not?
- How do I actually work a problem that could be either murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder?
- His wife confessed to an affair and hours later he shot her lover. Is that grave and sudden provocation?
- A seventeen-year-old left home of her own accord and went to live with the accused. Has he kidnapped her?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. s. 101(c)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. ss. 100, 101, 103(1) and 105
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. s. 101 Exception 1
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. s. 137(1)(b) read with ss. 2(3) and 137(2)
Leading cases
- Virsa Singh v State of Punjab
- State of AP v Rayavarapu Punnayya
- KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra
- S Varadarajan v State of Madras
Full case summaries
- Rawalpenta Venkalu v State of Hyderabad (1956)
- Palani Goundan v Emperor (1919) and In re Thavamani (1943)
- Virsa Singh v State of Punjab (1958)
- Ghapoo Yadav v State of M.P. (2003)