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Victimized, ordinarily a person is victimised, if he is made a victim or a scapegoat and is subjected to persecution, prosecution or punishment for no real fault or guilt of his own, in the manner, as it were, of a sacrificial victim, Messrs Bharat Iron Works v. Bhagubhai Balubhai Patel, AIR 1976 SC 98 (101): (1976) 1 SCC 518: (1976) 2 SCR 280....
Medical examination of victim of rape
Medical examination of victim of rape. See [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 164A]...
Victim
Victim, A person harmed by a crime tort, or other wrong, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1561....
Reparation
Reparation, is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service or the return of stolen property (restitution), these being types of reparation which might be described as practical or material. The term can also be used to describe more intangible outcomes, as where an offender makes an apology to a victim and provides some reassurance that the offence will not be repeated, thus repairing the psychological harm suffered by the victim as a result of the crime, State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392.Mean 'Payment for an injury or damage; redress for a wrong done, several states have adopted the Uniform Crime Victims Reparation Act, certain federal statutes also provide for reparation for violation of the Act; especially persons suffering losses because of violations of the Commodity Futures Trading Act may seek reparation under the Act aga...
Jamaican switch
Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need for help in handling a large sum of money, usu. by claiming to be an unsophisticated foreigner and promises to share part of the money with the victim or asks the victim for help in finding a suitable charity to donate to, at which time the other conspirator appears and promises to assist if both the victim and first conspirator provide good-faith money, the intent being for the two conspirators to leave with all the money, including the victim's, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839....
statutory rape
statutory rape : rape consisting of sexual intercourse with a person beneath an age (as 14 years) specified by statute NOTE: Many state statutes also specify a minimum age of the perpetrator or an age differential (as at least four years) between the perpetrator and the victim. Consent of the victim and belief that the victim is of the age of consent are usually considered immaterial. Statutory rape is now codified under various names, such as rape in the second degree rape in the third degree unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and criminal sexual conduct in the second degree. ...
Terrorism
Terrorism, as ordinarily understood, means the act of terrorising, Muralidhar Sarangi v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., (2000) 3 SCC 466.It may be possible to describe 'terrorism' as use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the potential of producing on the society as a whole. There may be death, injury, or destruction of property or even deprivation of individual liberty in the process but the extent and reach of the intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of the land and its main objective is to overawe the Government to disturb harmony of the society or 'terrorise' people and the society and not only those directly assaulted, with a view to disturb even tempo, peace and tranquillity of the society an create a sense of fear and insecurity. A 'terrorist' activity does not mere...
Victimisation
Victimisation, is a term of comprehensive import. Thus, if a person is made to suffer by treatment, it would amount to victimisation, Lakmat Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. v. Shankarprasad, (1999) 6 SCC 275.The word 'victimisation' in the context of industrial disputes is capable of two different interpretations: It connotes a person who became the victim of the employer's wrath by reason of his trade union activities; it also connotes a victim of unfair and arbitrary action. When a word has more than one interpretation, the interpretation which is in favour of the labour should be accepted as they are the poorer section of the people compared to the management. Therefore, the word 'victimisation' must be given its normal meaning of being the victim of unfair and arbitrary action, Workmen ofM/s. Willamson Magor & Co. Ltd. v. Williamson Magor & Co. Ltd., AIR 1982 SC 78 (81): (1982) 1 SCC 117. [Industrial Disputes Act (14 of 1947), Sch. 2, item 6]If a person is made to suffer by some exceptional t...
assault
assault [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1 : the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm that one has the present ability to inflict and that puts the victim in fear of such harm or contact compare battery 2 : the crime of assault accompanied by battery ;specif : sexual assault in this entry called also assault and battery aggravated assault : a criminal assault accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : a criminal assault that is committed with an intent to cause or that causes serious bodily injury esp. through the use of a dangerous weapon b : a criminal assault accompanied by the intent to commit or the commission of a felony (as rape) compare simple assault in this entry assault with intent : a criminal assault committed with the intent to commit another specified crime [assault with intent to rob] [assault with intent to kill] civ...
battery
battery [Old French batterie beating, from battre to beat, from Latin battuere] : the crime or tort of intentionally or recklessly causing offensive physical contact or bodily harm (as by striking or by administering a poison or drug) that is not consented to by the victim compare assault aggravated battery : criminal battery that is accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : criminal battery that causes or is intended to cause serious bodily injury esp. through the use of a dangerous weapon b : criminal battery committed on a protected person (as a minor or a police officer) compare simple battery in this entry NOTE: Aggravated battery is usually classified as a felony. sex·u·al battery : intentional and offensive sexual contact and esp. sexual intercourse with a person who has not given or (as in the case of a child) is incapable of giving consent ;broadly : forced or coerced contact with the sexual parts of either the victim or the perpetrator see also rape NOTE:...
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