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Terrorism

State of Maharashtra, (1984) 4 SCC 494. (ii) Terrorism means the act of terrorising; unlawful acts of violence committed in an organised attempt to overthrow a government or like purposes, State of Punjab v. Sukhpal Singh, AIR

Independent corroboration

Independent corroboration, independent evidence must not only make it safe to believe that the crime was committed but must in some way reasonably connect or had to connect the accused with it by confirming in

Such court

produced or tendered in evidence a document in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed. Clause (c), means that it is that Court before which there is a proceeding and a party to

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Adultery

The Matrimonial Causes Act, 1923, gave a wife the right to divorce a husband for adultery only if committed after the marriage and since July 18, 1923. S. 176 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 &

Common Intention, common object

part of s. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is common intention to commit the crime actually committed. This common intention is anterior in time to the commission of the crime. Common intention means a pre-arranged

Charge

made or information given in abstract, but an accusation made against a person in respect of an act committed or omitted in violation of penal law forbidding or commanding it. In other words, it is an accusation

Black Act

Black Act, 9 Geo. 1, c. 22 (English), so called because it was occasioned by the outrages committed by persons with their faces blacked or otherwise disguised, who appeared in Epping Forest, near Waltham, in Essex,

Bigamy

on reasonable grounds in the death of the first husband before the second marriage. Bigamy will have been committed though the second form of marriage was celebrated beyond the king's dominions, R. v. Russell (Earl), 1901 AC

Bailment

them, or do something about them, gratis. Consult Wyatt Paine on Bailments; Chitty on Contracts. The subject-matter of contractual bailment has been dealt with in Chapter IX of the Contract Act, and s. 148 defines 'bailment' to

Backing a warrant of a justice of the peace

been granted in one jurisdiction was required to be executed in another, as where a felony had been committed in one county and the offender was lurking in another county, then, on proof of the handwriting of

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