IPC 53: Section 53 of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Punishments

The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Code are

  1. Death;
  2. Imprisonment for life;
  3. Repealed by Act 17 of 1949
  4. Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:-
    1. Rigorous, that is with hard labour;
    2. Simple;
  5. Forfeiture of property;
  6. Fine.

IPC 228A: Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc.

       
  1. Whoever prints or publishes the name or any matter which may make known the identity of any person against whom an offence under section 376, section 376A, section 376B, section 376C, section 376D or section 376E1 is alleged or found to have been committed (hereafter in this section referred to as the victim) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine.

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  2. Nothing in sub-section (1) extends to any printing or publication of the name or any matter which may make known the identity of the victim if such printing or publication is
         
    1. by or under the order in writing of the officer-in-charge of the police station or the police officer making the investigation into such offence acting in good faith for the purposes of such investigation;or

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    2. by, or with the authorisation in writing of, the victim; or

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    3. where the victim is dead or minor or of unsound mind, by, or with the authorisation in writing of, the next-of-kin of the victim:

Provided that no such authorisation shall be given by the next-of-kin to anybody other than the chairman or the secretary, by whatever name called, of any recognised welfare institution or organisation.Explanations

       
  1. For the purposes of this sub-section, “recognised welfare institution or organisation” means a social welfare institution or organisation recognised in this behalf by the Central or State Government.

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  2. Whoever prints or publishes any matter in relation to any proceeding before a court with respect to an offence referred to in sub-section (1) without the previous permission of such court shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine.

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  3. The printing or publication of the judgment of any High Court or the Supreme Court does not amount to an offence within the meaning of this section.

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IPC 228: Section 228 of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding

Whoever intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

IPC 52A: Section 52A of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

“Harbour”

Except in section 157, and in section 130 in the case in which the harbour is given by the wife or husband of the person harboured, the word “harbour” includes the supplying a person with shelter, food, drink, money, clothes, arms, ammunition or means of conveyance, or the assisting a person by any means, whether of the same kind as those enumerated in this section or not, to evade apprehension.

IPC 227: Section 227 of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Violation of condition of remission of punishment

Whoever, having accepted any conditional remission of punishment, knowingly violates any condition on which such remission was granted, shall be punished with the punishment to which he was originally sentenced, if he has already suffered no part of that punishment, and if he has suffered any part of that punishment, then with so much of that punishment as he has not already suffered.

IPC 51: Section 51 of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

“Oath”

The word “oath” includes a solemn affirmation substituted by law for an oath, and any declaration required or authorized by law to be made before a public servant or to be used for the purpose of proof, whether in a Court of Justice or not.

IPC 225B: Section 225B of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for

Whoever, in any case not provided for in section 224 or section 225 or in any other law for the time being in force, intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of himself or of any other person, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

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