Faking identity for intimacy under fake marriage to result in 10 years’ jail
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, aimed at replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, was introduced by Union Home…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, aimed at replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, was introduced by Union Home…
The deceased has been identified as Rajan Das alias Bengali and the three accused as Sachin Kavander, Sada Kavander and Bhavesh Salve, according to the police.
The police said that the investigation into the matter has been taken up.
The prevailing public impression is that police encounters are generally illegal and mostly fake. This, however, is an erroneous impression. Encounters per se are not illegal. The Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Penal Code, permit use of force in exercise of the right of private defence. Section 46(3) of the CRPC empowers police to use force to the extent of causing death of a person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if such a person resists arrest or intends to evade arrest. Thus, an encounter per se is neither illegal nor indefensible. Unfortunately many fake encounters also take place.
As per the police, the incident took place in the Naharlagun area of Itanagar on Friday at around 9:30 pm.
The bench said the ingredient of mens rea cannot be assumed to be ostensibly present but has to be visible and conspicuous
And as each circular carries a grim warning of non-compliance leading to prosecution in terms of the Disaster Management Act and Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, it also carries with it the risk of draconian interpretation by those implementing rules on ground.
By retaining the law on sedition, we do no service to our credentials as a democracy, argues Siddhartha Guha Ray.
The plucky teenager seemed undaunted and kept trying to grab back the mike to continue speaking, but was overwhelmed by the sea of swarthy men jostling her, snatching the mike away, till finally she was led off the stage by uniformed policemen.
Czech novelist Milan Kundera in his seminal work The Unbearable Lightness of Being posed an ever-recurring question: what can life be worth when the first rehearsal for life is life itself?
