Criminal Law-Cases and Materials

Criminal law – cases and materials 9th edition is a classic work in the field of criminal law and has been quoted with approval in the judgements of various Courts in India and abroad. The book delves into important topics relating to the fundamentals of crime and criminal law, principles of criminal liability, men's rea under the Indian penal Code and the other statutory offences, strict liability of manufactures of hazardous substances, cybercrime and offences against the human body. This book is an indispensable tool for law students, members of the bar and bench and those interested in the administration of criminal justice. Key features: this book is divided into two parts wherein, the first part deals with the General Principles of criminal law and the second part discusses the specific offences. Major landmark criminal judgments have been discussed and critically analysed landmark judgments decided by Courts (including judgments delivered by the foreign Courts) have been exhaustively discussed and critically examined and evaluated. Amendments of far reaching significance made in section 375 vide the criminal Amendment Act of 2013 and 2018 and various other offences introduced have been incorporated. Leading cases wherein the judiciary has played innovative and pivotal role in evolving new concepts of criminal jurisprudence have been incorporated.