Law point & Legal Awareness by Adv Sundaram

  This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. IPC section 320 for grievous hurt- The mere fact that the injured remained in hospital for 20 days would not be enough to conclude that he was unable to follow his ordinary pursuits during that. Continuance of severe body pain for 20 days or disability to follow one's avocation for 20 days constitutes grievous hurt. Criteria   * Emasculation *Permanent privation of the sight of either eye . *Permanent privation of hearing of either ear . *Privation of any joint or permanent impairment of the power of any member of  joint. *Permanent disfiguration of head or face . *Fracture or dislocation of bone or tooth . NOTE:- * Any hurt which endangers life or with causes the the sufferer to be admitted during the span of 20 days in severe body pain or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.

  This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. IPC section 315 and 316 discusses the offence of foeticide and infanticide If a person commits an act with the intention of preventing the child from being born alive or an act that it results in the death of the child after birth that person is committing foeticide/ infanticide as long as they do not do it in the interest of the Mother's health or life. Section 317 states that  it is a crime against children if their mother or father expose or leave a child in a place with the intention of abandonment . Section 82 and 83 of the IPC States a child who commits a crime and is below the age of seven is not considered to have committed a crime. Section 299 culpable homicide .

This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. Dowry death: *Bodily injury caused by husband or relative which lead to death comes under dowry death and punished under IPC 304 B. *IPC section 304 B States whenever any death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise done under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband  or in connection with,any demand for body such death shall be called "dowry death" and search husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death. *Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years and it may extend to life time imprisonment. Cruel behaviour towards wife by husband or his relatives punished by IPC 498 A. IPC Section 498 a states that whoever being hu...

    This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine.   Usually conducted by  DM, SDM or Executive Magistrate i.e.Collector, Deputy Collector,(Tahsildar) Magistrate inquest are usually done in following circumstances: Dowry deaths: i.e. unnatural death within 7 years of marriage Death in prison  Death in police custody or interrogation or during police firing Death in any psychiatric hospital Exhumation i.e. digging out of any already beauty body also done upon order of magistrate. *Whether it is caused by knife: *During a court trial questions are put to the witness by the public prosecutor or the defence lawyer. *A leading question is one the answer of which is desired in only yes or no examples of leading question............... *Whether you were present at the crime site? *Did you see this person at crime site? *Is this the knife used at crime site? *Whether the accused was holding knife or gun? *The other options like how...

 

This feature contains law for medical students and  doctors as forensic medicine IPC section 375 for rape: IPC punishment of rape section 376 this IPC states that whoever commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years but which may be for life for 10 years + fine.

 This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. Inquest: inquiry into the cause of death  Most common type of inquest in India Investigating officer usually is Sub Inspector or officer not below the rank of senior head constable

* This feature also contains law for medical students and doctors as forensic medicine. COURTS OF LAW:  Courts of Judicial Magistrate of first class at the second lowest level of the criminal court structure in India. According to the section 11 of The Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (Crpc) a cout of judicial Magistrate of First class may be established by the state Government in consultation with the High court of the respective state at such places in the district and in any number by a notification. According to Section 29 of the CrPC in a Judicial Magistrate of First class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a not exceeding three years or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or of both.

  अनुच्छेद 134 (1)दांडिक विषयों में उच्चतम न्यायालय की अपीली अधिकारिता के बारे में बताता है- भारत के राज्यक्षेत्र में किसी उच्च न्यायालय की दांडिक कार्रवाई में दिए गए किसी निर्णय अंतिम आदेश या दंडादेश की अपील उच्चतम न्यायालय में होगी यदि- (क) उस उच्च न्यायालय ने अपील में किसी अभियुक्त व्यक्ति की दोष मुक्ति के आदेश को उलट दिया है और उसकी मृत्यु दंडादेश दिया है; या (ख)उस उच्च न्यायालय ने अपने प्राधिकार के अधीनस्थ किसी न्यायालय से किसी मामले को विचारण के लिए अपने पास मंगा लिया है और ऐसे विचार में अभियुक्त व्यक्ति को  सिद्धदोष ठहराया है और उसको मृत्यु दंडादेश दिया है; या (ग) वह उच्च न्यायालय(अनुच्छेद 134क के अधीन प्रमाणित कर देता है)  कि मामला उच्चतम न्यायालय में अपील किए जाने योग्य है: परंतु उपखंड (ग) के अधीन अपील ऐसे provisions के अधीन रहते हुए होगी जो अनुच्छेद 145 के खंड(1) के अधीन इस निमित्त बनाए जाएं और ऐसी शर्तों के अधीन रहते हुए होगी जो उच्च न्यायालय नियत या अपेक्षित करेंl (2) संसद विधि द्वारा उच्चतम  न्यायालय को भारत के राज्यक्षेत्र में किसी उच्च न्यायालय की...