The Indian Penal Code

About this book

"[This] book deals with the historical perspective of criminal law in India and the extent of operations of the Indian Penal Code. It discusses inter alia the doctrine of mens rea andactus reus. It also focuses on the age-old dilemma in criminal jurisprudence relating to mens area versus ignorantia juris. This book is a...presentation of a sectionwise commentary with the latest case laws on the subject. It also contains relevant English cases and provides their explanation in order to properly understand various concepts, as contained in the updated Indian Penal Code. The utility and relevance of cases in a book on law can never be underestimated because we have the system governed by the doctrine of stare decisis."--