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Perjury
declarations, notices, etc., with reference to marriage; an offence under either of these sections is a misdemeanour and punishable as above. S. 4 deals with false answers, declarations, etc., as to births and deaths; s. 5 (extended
Oysters
Oysters. Stealing oysters from oyster beds properly marked out is felony and punishable as simple larceny, i.e., by penal servitude up to three years, or imprisonment up to three years, and,
felony
felony pl: -nies : a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor ;specif : a federal crime for which the punishment
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death penalty
death penalty : death as punishment for a crime called also capital punishment see also cruel and unusual punishment Gregg v. Georgia in the
Penal Servitude
Penal Servitude, a punishment in the United King-dom which by the Penal Servitude Act, 1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond
Penalty
taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549. Penalty, is legal or official punishment such as a term of imprisonment, N.K. Jain v. C.K. Shah, AIR 1991 SC 1289. [Employees' Provident Fund
Parole
is not a suspension of sentence, but is a substitution, during continuance of parole, of lower grade of punishment by confinement in legal custody and under control of warden within specified prison bounds outside the prison, for
Preventive detention
17, with 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,
Murder
is caused is done with the intention of causing death (See Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 300) Capital Punishment.--'Every person convicted of murder shall suffer death as a felon.'--(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 &
Heat of passion
Heat of passion, heat of passion requires that there must be no time for the passions to cool down, Ghapoo Yadav v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2003) 3 SCC 528: AIR 2003 SC 1620 (1622). (Indian...
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