This book provides a comprehensive examination of the law relating to murder and criminal liability, exploring the legal principles, statutory provisions, and judicial interpretations governing one of the most serious offences in criminal law. It discusses the concept of murder, the philosophy of capital punishment, and the essential elements of criminal responsibility, supported by recent case law and comparative citations.
Designed as a practical reference, the book offers clear legal analysis and up-to-date authorities, making it an invaluable resource for judges, legal practitioners, prosecutors, academics, and law students seeking a deeper understanding of the law of murder.
Table of Contents:
Introduction (Synopsis)
- General
- Murder—What is?
- Crime—Definition of
- Commission of Crime
- Constitutionality of Death Sentence
- Crime, Order and Historical Change
- Heinous Nature of Crime and Social Re-action
- Mandatory Death Sentence—Whether Constitutional?
- Offences for Which Death Sentence is Prescribed under Indian Penal Code
- Personal Perception of Crime
- Public Opinion is Not Determinative in a Court
- Rarest of the Rare Dictum Explained
- Safeguard under Criminal Procedure Code
Topicwise Points of Murder Trial
A
- Abduction and Murder
- Absconedence by Accused
- Acquittal
- Acquittal of Co-Accused
- Ante-Mortem Injuries
- Appeal Against Acquittal
- Appreciation of Evidence
- Appreciation of Medical Evidence
- Assault and Murder
- Assault on Deceased with Knife
- Attempt to Murder
- Attempt to Murder or Grievous Hurt
- Attempt to Rape and Murder
- Autopsy Report
B
- Benefit of Doubt
- Blood Stained Earth
- Body of Crime
- Bride Burning
- Burden of Proof
- Burning Death
C
- Cause Death
- Causing Grievous Hurt
- Chance Witnesses
- Charge
- Chest of Gupti
- Child Witness
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Circumstantial Evidence of Last Seen
- Commission Intention
- Commission of Murder
- Commission of Offence
- Commit Murder
- Common Intention
- Common Object to Commit Murder
- Common Object Unlawful Assembly
- Conduct of Accused
- Conduct of Witnesses
- Confessional Statement of Accused
- Conspiracy and Murder
- Conspiracy—Disappearance of Dead Body
- Contradictions and Inconsistencies
- Contradiction Between Evidence of Eye-Witness & Doctor
- Conviction
- Conviction and Sentence
- Conviction Based on Direct and Cogent Evidence
- Corroborated with Medical Evidence
- Credibility and Reliability of Witness
- Criminal Conspiracy to Cause Murder
- Cross-Examination
- Cruelty and Murder
- Culpable Homicide
- Culpable Homicide Amounting to Murder
- Culpable Homicide and Murder
- Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder
- Custodial Death
- Custodial Violence and Death in Police Lock-Up
D
- Dacoity and Murder
- Dead Bodies
- Death by Burn Injuries
- Death by Fire
- Death Due to Burn Injuries
- Death Due to Strangulation
- Death of Injured Due to Lack of Proper Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Death Sentence—Rarest of Rare Case
- Defence of Alibi
- Defence of Insanity
- Delay in Lodging FIR
- Deliberate Act of Causing Death by Running Over Vehicle on Deceased
- Deliberate Infliction of Injury
- Disclosure of Identity of the Victim of Certain Offences
- Distinction Between the Offences of Culpable Homicide and Murder
- DNA Examination
- Dowry Death
- Duty of Investigation Officer
- Dying Declaration
- Dying Declaration—Credibility of
- Dying Declaration—Recording of
- Dying Declaration—Reliability of
- Dying Declaration—Recording of
E
- Empowered to Filing Charge-Sheet
- Enmity of Deceased
- Evidence in Case of Murder
- Evidence of Child Eye-Witness
- Evidence of Child Witness
- Evidence of Doctor
- Evidence of Eye-Witnesses
- Evidence of Sole Eye-Witness
- Evidence of Witnesses
- Evidence of Identification
- Evidence of Injured Eye-Witness
- Evidence of Interested Witness
- Evidence of Last Seen
- Evidence of Sole Witness
- Evidence of Witnesses
- Examination of Ballistic Expert
- Examination of Independent Witness
- Examination of Prosecution Witness
- Extra-Judicial Confession
- Eye-Witnesses
F
- Faulty Investigation—Benefit of
- Framing of Charge
- Free Light
G
- Grave and Sudden
- Grave and Sudden Provocation
- Grave and Prosecution
- Great Interval Between Quarrel and Assault
- Guilty of Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder
- Gun-Shot Injury
H
- Homicide Offence of Murder
- Homicidal Death
- Honest Belief—Medical Evidence
- Hostile Witness
I
- Identification of Dead Body
- Identification of Person—From Long Distance
- Identification of the Accused
- Independent Witnesses
- Injured Witness
- Injuries on the Deceased Inflicted in Exercise of Right of Private Defence
- Innocence of the Accused
- Inquest Report
- Inquest Report—Object of Proceedings
- Insanity—Absence of Motive for Commission of Murder
- Intention of the Accused to Commit the Murder
- Intention to Cause Death
- Intention to Commit Murder
- Interested Witness
- Intoxication—Excuse of
K
- Kidnapping and Murder
M
- Maxim ‘Falsus in Uno Falsus in Omnibus’
- Medical and Ocular Evidence
- Medical Evidence
- Medical Evidence and Ocular Evidence
- Medical Evidence—Benefit of Doubt
- Medical Testimony
- Motive
- Motive and Dragging
- Motive Direct Evidence
- Motive for Defence
- Motive for Offence
- Motive of the Deceased
- Motive to Commit Murder
- Motive—To Commit Murder of Deceased
- Murder and Attempt to Murder
- Murder and Attempt to Murder—Head Injury
- Murder and Criminal Conspiracy—Benefit of Doubt
- Murder and Hurt
- Murder and Robbery
- Murder and Sexual Assault
- Murder—Appeals Against Acquittal—Death by Burns
- Murder by Administering Poison
- Murder—by Gandasa and Kirpan
- Murder—by Strangulating
- Murder by Tamancha
- Murder—Common Intention
- Murder—Conviction on Plea of Guilty
- Murder—Criminal Conspiracy
- Murder—Death by Gun Shot Injuries
- Murder—Death by Stabbing
- Murder—Death Due to Asphyxia Caused by Throttling
- Murder—Death Occurs on Account of a Single Blow
- Murder—Deceased was in the Company of Accused
- Murder—Defective Investigation
- Murder—Defence of Insanity
- Murder—Delay in Lodging FIR
- Murder—Delay in Sending Report to the Magistrate
- Murder—Dowry Death
- Murder—Evidence of Relative Witness
- Murder—Firing by Gun Shot
- Murder—If a Defence is Made Out
- Murder—If Two Views Possible
- Murder—Inculpatory Evidence
- Murder—Injury—Gun-Shot Injury
- Murder—Injury on Neck by Knife
- Murder—Intention to Kill
- Murder—Non-Explanation of Injury
- Murder—Non-Recording of the Name of Prosecution Witnesses
- Murder—Offence of
- Murder of Minor Girl
- Murder—Omission to Give Proper Description of Arms Used in Offence
- Murder on Failure to Get Ransom
- Murder—Oral Dying Declaration—Reliability of
- Murder or Causing Grievous Hurt
- Murder or Culpable Homicide
- Murder or Culpable Homicide Not Murder
- Murder or Grievous Hurt
- Murder—Plea of Occurrence
- Murder—Principle of Last Seen—Proof of
- Murder—Proof of
- Murder—Reliable Evidence
- Murder—Report of Ballistic Expert
- Murder, Robbery and Theft
- Murder—Source of Light for Identification of Accused
- Murder—Stabbed on His Neck by Knife—Deposition of Witness
- Murder—Strong Motive
- Murder—Trial for
- Murder—Trinity of Circumstances
- Murder—Unsoundness of Mind of Accused
- Mutual Provocation
N
- Non-Examination of Material Witness
- Non-Examination Witnesses
- Non-Examination of Injury
- Non-Explanation of the Injuries Sustained by the Accused
- No Sudden and Grave Provocation
- Number of Witnesses
O
- Ocular Testimony
- Offence Committed Without Pre-Meditation
- Offence of Murder Proper
- Offence of Murder Punishable Under Section 302 of IPC
- Offence of Rioting and Unlawful Assembly
- Omission of Contradictions
- Opinion of the Doctor
- Oral Dying Declaration—Credibility of
- Order of Acquittal
- Origin of Occurrence
P
- Place of Occurrence
- Pleadings and Proof
- Plea of Alibi
- Plea of Defence
- Plea of Insanity
- Plea of Legal Insanity
- Plea of Private Defence
- Plea of Self-Defence
- Possession of Arm by Accused
- Post-Mortem Examination
- Pre-Existing Malice
- Pre-Meditation to Cause Death
- Proof of Fact
- Prosecution Version
- Prosecution Witness
- Punishment
Q
- Question of Motive
R
- Rape and Murder
- Rape and Murder of Minor Girl
- Recovery Evidence
- Recovery of Kulhari
- Recovery of Material Used in Commission of Offence
- Recovery of Razor
- Related Witness
- Relative Witness
- Report of Chemical Examiner
- Right of Private Defence
- Right of Self-Defence
- Rioting and Murder
- Riot—Offence of
- Robbery and Attempt to Murder
- Robbery and Murder
- Rustic Witness
S
- Screening of Offender
- Self-Defence
- Sentence
- Single Blow
- Slight Discrepancies in Evidence
- Sole Eye-Witness
- Sole Testimony
- Sole Witness
- Statement of Accused
- Stab Injury
- Statement of Eye-Witnesses
- Statement of Witnesses
- Sudden Fight
- Sudden Fight Without Any Pre-Meditation
- Sudden Provocation
- Sudden Quarrel
- Suicide
T
- Test Identification Parade
- Testimony of Close Relative of Deceased
- Testimony of Credible and Natural Witnesses
- Testimony of Eye-Witnesses
- Testimony of Relation Witnesses
- Testimony of Single Witnesses
- Testimony of Sole Eye-Witness
- Testimony of Sole Witness
- Testimony of Witness
- Test Identification Parade
- Time of Murder
- To Commit Murder
U
- Unimpeachable Evidence Connecting the Appellants with the Crime
- Unlawful Assembly
- Unlawful Assembly and Assault on Police Party
- Unlawful Assembly and Murder
V
- Voluntarily Causing Hurt
W
- Witness Not Willing to Give Evidence
