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Unlawful assembly

to do. Explanation.-An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an unlawful assembly. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 141) At Common Law is an assembly of three or more persons (a) for purposes forbidden

Preventive detention

being an habitual criminal, and if the charge is established, he can, in addition to a punishment of penal servitude, receive a further sentence of not less than five years or more than ten years, called a

Good faith

be done or believed in 'good faith' which is done or believed without due care and attention. (Indian Penal Code, s. 52) Due care, an act done with due care and attention satisfies the test of 'good

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Voluntarily

of employing those means, he knew or had reason to believe to be likely to cause it. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 39) Intentionally; without coercion, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1569. The crux of making

Dowry

2001 SC 2828 (2834): (2001) 8 SCC 633. [Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961), s. (2); Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 304B] See also Ramesh Panjiyar v. State of Bihar, (2005) 2 SCC 388 (395). The

Candidate

(31 of 1952)] 'Candidate' means a person who has been nominated as a candidate, at any election. [Indian Penal Code 1860, s. 171A (a)] A person who has been or claims to have been nominated as a

Public servant

Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)] Public servant has the same meaning as in s.

Highways

Act, 1920, and the Roads Improvement Act, 1925; and TRUNK ROADS.The 72nd s. of the Highway Act, 1835, penalizes up to 40s. any person willfully riding on a footpath or playing at football or any other game

Judge

a body of persons which body of persons is em-powered by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 19) To secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court,

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felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for the term of three years; or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years,

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