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Criminal Law

Extortion

Under Section 308 of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita 2023 Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property, or valuable security or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security, commits extortion.

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Criminal Law

Theft

Under Section 303of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita ,2023 ​Theft is defined as whoever dishonestly moves movable property out of the possession of any person without consent in order to taking (Movable_Possesion_Conent)

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Criminal Law

Rioting

Rioting is offence against public tranquillity under chapter XI of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita

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Criminal Law

Unlawful Assembly (UA)

Unlawful Assembly is offence against public tranquility under chapter XI of The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita,2023

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Criminal Law

Theories of Punishment

​Theories have evolved to achieve the object of criminal justice. There are four major types:

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Criminal Law

Kinds of Punishments

Chapter II of BNS, 2023 deals with different kinds of punishment. Under Section 4 of BNS, there are 6 Kinds of punishment: 1.​Death (Capital punishment). ​2.Imprisonment of life. 3.​Imprisonment: Of two descriptions: (a) Rigorous and (b) Simple. ​4.Forfeiture of property. ​5.Fine. ​6.Community service.

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