EVALUATION OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE IN INDEPENDENT INDIA

Best Citation – SHWETA, EVALUATION OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE IN INDEPENDENT INDIA, 1 IJLR 14, 2022.

ABSTRACT

This paper is aimed to review the points concerning the legal positions in democracy of Bharat with regard to criminal activities against the State. This paper is restricted in scope to the offences like waging war, misdemeanour laws Associate in Nursingd abetting war. All crimes that to that degree touching the general public order ought to be thought-about as offences against the state. the general public tranquillity is one amongst the offences which don’t seem to be solely against the person and property of a personal however conjointly an offence against the State. There are many criminal activities which are considered as the offences against the State itself i.e. treason, misdemeanour and rebellion. It starts with introduction of offences or nature of offences against the State then enlists the penal provisions concerning that offence. Afterward this paper starts with the understanding of historical context in regard to offences. From Section 121 to Section 130 of Chapter VI of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with the Offences against the State. Once an oversized range of persons interact in criminal activity with a standard intention then every of the person are prone to commit the offences. These all points are mentioned further during this paper.

Keywords: Offences against the state, Sedition, Public Tranquillity, Government, Treason and Waging War.