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Vishal Agarwal Vs. State of Goa, Through Public Prosecutor and Another

Court : Mumbai Goa

..... the offence under section 279 falls under the chapter xiv of the i.p.c which is captioned as chapter iv of offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals thus, the offence under section 279 is against public the safety. ..... section 338 in the indian penal code, 1860 338. ..... section 279 as observed earlier falls under the category of the offences covered under chapter xiv which are committed against public safety and public health, against the state, public servants etc. ..... while offence under section 338 is covered under chapter xvi, where the offences affecting the human body are taken into account. ..... section 279 in the indian penal code, 1860 279. ..... the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that if the accused himself is an injured person, then if he makes an application that the offence is to be compounded then that ought to have been accepted by the learned magistrate because under section 338 if the person injured is ready to compound then the offence is compoundable under table ii of section 320 of the code. ..... the offences under the i.p.c which are compoundable under sub section 1 of section 320 of the code start from section 298 of the i.p.c. ..... thus, the petitioner is the offender against himself and therefore, he came forward with an application under section 320 of the code it has to be entertained. ..... thus, at this stage it is useful to refer to section 320 of the code. 9. ..... however, section 338 is compoundable under section 320 of the code. .....

Romesh Thappar Vs. the State of Madras

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC124; 1950CriLJ1514; (1950)IIMLJ390(SC); [1950]1SCR594

..... in the classification of offence in the indian penal code, for instance, chapter xiv enumerates the 'offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency, and, morals' and it includes rash driving or riding on a public way (section 279) and rash navigation or a vessel (section 280), among others, as offences against public safety, while chapter vi lists waging war against the queen (section 121) sedition (section 124-a) etc. ..... ' though all these offences thus involve disturbances of public tranquillity and are in theory offences against public order, the difference between them being only a difference of degree, yet for the purpose of grading the punishment to be inflicted in respect of them they may be classified into different minor categories as has been done by the indian penal code. ..... although in the context of a statute relating to law and order 'securing public safety' may not include the securing of public health, it may well mean securing the public against rash driving on a public way and the like, and not necessarily the security of the state. ..... as 'offences against the state', because they are calculated to undermine or the security of the state, and chapter viii defines 'offences against the public tranquillity' which include unlawful assembly (section 141) rioting (section 146), promoting enmity between classes (section 153-a), affray (section 159) etc. .....

Abdul Khader Vs. The State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

..... sasthamangalam ajithkumar submitted that chapter xiv of the indian penal code deals with offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals and section 272 deals with adulteration of food or drink intended for sale and section 278 deals with making atmosphere noxious to death. ..... chapter xiv of indian penal code deals with offences affecting the public health, safety convenience, decency and morals and sections 272 and 273 deal with sale of adulterated food or drink and noxious food or drink which read as follows: section 272:- adulteration of food or drink intended for sale:- whoever adulterates any article of food or drink, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as rood or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment or either description for a term which ..... further crl.m.c.no.1266 of 2013 38 if it is proved by the prosecution that the persons who are selling the food articles were aware of the consequences of the food being sold, which is likely to cause injurious to health and even cause death, then apart from the same being falling under the provisions of the food safety and standard act, it will fall under the provisions of section 304 of the indian penal code as well, which is a distinct and separate offence, for which prosecution can be independently proceeded with by the police on the basis of a complaint given by the affected party. .....

Shri I.P. Shankaran Vs. Deputy Superintendent of Police C.B.i. and Oth ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1999(5)BomCR670; 1999CriLJ2194

..... other law for the time being force; (o) offences under the negotiable instruments act, including offences under section 138 thereof; (p) offences relating to criminal misappropriation of property of the complainant as well as offences relating to criminal breach of trust under the indian penal code or under any other law for the time being in force; (q) offences under section 304a of the indian penal code or any offence pertaining to rash and negligent acts which are made punishable under any other law for the time being in force; (r) offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals as listed in chapter xiv of the indian penal code or such offences under any other ..... law for the time being .....

Dhanisha, Thiruvananthapuram Vs. Rakhi N Raj, Thiruvananthapuram and A ...

Court : Kerala

..... chapter xiv of the indian penal code deals with offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals. ..... in other words, treating with sex in a manner offensive to public decency and morality (and these are the words of our fundamental law), judged by our national standards and considered likely to pander to lascivious, prurient or sexually precocious minds, must determine the result. 10. in p.t. ..... the two particular words alleged to have been used by the accused which are seen quote din the complaint, according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, carry different meaning and at any rate it is not offensive to public morals and as such it cannot be said that utterance of those words would cause annoyance to the public. ..... even if the offender by his act intends only to injuriously affect his victim, nonetheless, if the act is done in public and it is obscene and is bound to cause annoyance to others who happened to see or hear it besides the victim, the act of the accused will certainly attract the offence under section 294(b). 26. ..... it is pointed out that the issue involved in that case was whether the conviction of the appellant therein for offence under section 294 ipc, on its own, would involve moral turpitude depriving him of the opportunity to serve the state unless the facts and circumstances which led to the conviction, met the requirement of the policy decision of the government. 17. .....

State of Rajasthan Vs. Niranjan Singh

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 1971WLN235

..... this offence falls within chapter xiv of the indian penal code, which relates to offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals. ..... these sections are covered by chapter xvi, which deals with offences affecting human body. ..... in other words, criminal negligence is a gross and culpable neglect or failure to exercise that reachable and proper care and precaution to guard against injury other to the public generally or to an individual in particular, which having regard to all the circumstances, out of which the charge has arisen, it was the imperative duty of the accused to have adopted.6. ..... i.p.c, are offences of deferent nature and the conduct referred to therein is penalized with different object. ..... viewing the case in all its aspects, i am firmly of the opinion that the accused niranjan singh committed the offence, punishable both under section 279 and 338, i.p.c. ..... , is essentially an offence against public safety. ..... the trial court by its judgment, dated january 31st 1970, acquitted the accused nirajan singh of the offences under section 279, 337 and 338, i.p.c, on the following grounds:1. ..... thus, the offences under sections 279 and 337 or 338, i.p.c, being distinct, an accused can be convicted both under sections 279 and 337 or 338, i.p.c.11. .....

Regional Director, Employees' State Insurance Corporation Vs. Madhukar ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : [2002(93)FLR596]; (2002)IILLJ640Bom

..... as listed in chapter xiv of the indian penal code or such offences under any other law for the ..... indian penal code including section 498-a or under any other law for the time being in force; (o) offences under the negotiable instruments act including offences under section 138 thereof; (p) offences relating to criminal mis-appropriation of property of the complainant as well as offences relating to criminal breach of trust under the indian penal code or under any other law for the time being in force; (q) offences under section 304-a of the indian penal code or any offence pertaining to rash and negligent acts which are made punishable under any other law for the time being in force; (r) offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals .....

Jayakrishna Panigrahi and ors. Vs. Hrusikesh Panda

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 1992CriLJ1056; 1992(I)OLR26

..... chapter xiv of the indian penal code deals with offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals and section 268 in the said chapter speaks of 'public nuisance'. ..... the expression 'nuisance' has not been defined in the code of criminal procedure but section 2(y) of the code of criminal procedure states that the words and expressions used in the code and not defined but defined in the indian penal code will have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that code. ..... thus under the indian penal code an act or illegal omission of a person causing danger or annoyance to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in th3 vicinity would be a public nuisance. ..... - (a) that any unlawful obstruction or nuisance should be removed from any public place or from any way, river or channel which is or may be lawfully used by the public ; or (b) that the conduct of any trade or occupation, or the keeping, of any goods or merchandise, is injurious to the health or physical comfort of the community, and that in consequence such trade or occupation should be prohibited or regulated or such goods or merchandise should be removed or the keeping thereof regulated; or (c) that the construction of any building, or the disposal of any substance, as likely to occasion conflagration or explosion, should .....

Abhimanyu Vishwanath and anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (2000)102BOMLR487

..... other law for the time being in force;(o) offences under the negotiable instruments act including offences under section 138 thereof;(p) offences relating to criminal misappropriation of property of the complainant as well as offences relating to criminal breach of trust under the indian penal code or under any other law for the time being in force;(q) offences under section 304-a of the indian penal code or any offence pertaining to rash and negligent acts which are made punishable under any other law for the time being in force;(r) offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience decency and morals as listed in chapter xiv of the indian penal code or such offences under any other ..... law for the time being .....

Shroff Industries Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. and ors. Vs. Government of A.P., ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2000(1)ALD(Cri)495; 2000(3)ALT605; 2000(1)ALT(Cri)422; 2000CriLJ2092

..... other law for the time being in force; (o) offences under the negotiable instruments act including offences under section 138 thereof; (p) offences relating to criminal misappropriation of property of the complainant as well as offences relating to criminal breach of trust under indian penal code or under any other law for the time being in force; (q) offences under section 304-a of the indian penal code or any offence pertaining to rash and negligent acts which are made punishable under any other law for the time being in force; (r) offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals as listed in chapter xiv of the indian penal code or such offences under any other ..... law for the time being .....