The Indian Penal Code – A Critical Commentary Hardcover – 2017 by Harish Chander (Author)

No punishment can undo what has been done or can make good the wrong to the victim. Still there have been attempts through the ages, since the dawn of civilisation, to balance a crime and its punishment. Indian Penal Code including its amendments provides such balance for the sub-continent. Amendments focused: The work tries to exhibit the whole gamut of the Penal Law in a systematic manner. Detailed analysis has been made of the general principles of criminal liability and also the fundamental principles of actus reas, mens rea, automatism, strict liability, ignorantia juris non excusat, causation of crimes, and vicarious liability, etc. Important relevant English case laws are included in support of those concepts. Current judicial as well as legislative issues related to Indian Penal Code are discussed vividly. All the amendments made recently including the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 with comments thereon are incorporated in proper places. Controversial issues discussed: The book catalogues almost all the important topics that are treated as burning issues of the day, such as-euthanasia, cruelty to women, dowry death, kidnapping, change of concept of obscenity, right to private defence, abetment to commit suicide, etc. Critical analysis has been made on the controversial issues like-difference between culpable homicide and murder, constitutional validity of execution of death sentence, expanded definition of rape, consent in rape cases, grievous hurt and its punishment, buying or selling minor for the purpose of prostitution, marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife, punishment for murder by life convict etc. The book is very much essential for the day-to-day work of a busy practitioner as well as judges and the persons interested in the subject.

This classic Ratanlal and Dhirajlal’s The Indian Penal Code book, first published in 1896 is a section wise commentary on the Indian Penal Code.

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The Indian Penal Code
This edition has been extensively and meticulously revised taking into account the changes brought about by recent legislative amendments as well as judgments of higher courts.
Radically revised, the edition exhaustively covers the consequences of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.

It includes widest possible range of topics from emerging areas of criminal law including:

• Jurisdiction in territorial waters in the light of the EnriCa Lexie case
• Corporate criminal liability in offences having mens rea
• New trends in punishments and sentencing
• Fake encounters and honour killings
• Mercy killing in the light of the Supreme Court judgment in Aruna Shanbaug Case
• Delay in disposal of mercy petitions and commutation of death sentence
• Discussion of Capital punishment and the ‘Rarest of rare’ doctrine

Latest and notable cases of the Supreme Court as well as various High Courts have been incorporated.
This edition is an indispensable reference work for students, judges, lawyers, scholars, judicial and police training academies (national and state), police departments, CBI officials, researchers, presiding officers in courts, investigators, administrators, draftsmen, legislators and social scientists

• Hardcover: 3912 pages
• Publisher: Lexis Nexis; First edition (27 November 2015)