i) Introductory concepts: Definition and elements of crime,
Difference between crime and civil wrong, Motive, Intention,
Objectives of criminal law and criminal justice system, Different
stages of the commission of an offence; Origin and development of
Criminal Law; Scope, nature and application of the Penal Code, 1860;
General explanations; Criminal liability and grounds of exemption
from criminal responsibility; Joint liability; Presumption of
innocence; Beyond reasonable doubt; Benefit of doubt.
ii) General exceptions: Mistake of fact and mistake of law;
Respondent superiority; Privileged acts and judicial acts, Accident,
misfortune and necessity; Inability to commit a crime; Acts done in
good faith without consent by threat, fear or misconception etc.;
Private defense.
iii) Abetment: Definition of abetment, Essential ingredients of
abetment, Circumstances where the abettor is liable for abetment,
Punishments for all offences relating to abetment.
iv) Criminal Conspiracy: Definition of criminal conspiracy,
Punishments for criminal conspiracy.
v) Offences against the Public Tranquility: Definition and essential
elements of unlawful assembly, Common object of unlawful
assembly, Distinction between common intention and common
object; Rioting, Unlawful assembly and rioting and difference
between them; Affray; Distinction and riot and affray; Punishments
for unlawful assembly, rioting and affray.
vi) Contempt of the Lawful Authority and Public Servants: Willful
omission or evasion of the performance of a public duty, Willful refusal to do certain acts, Giving false information to a public servant,
Obstructing or disobeying a public servant, Treat of injury.
vii) Offences Affecting the Human Life and body: Culpable
homicide, Murder, Comparative discussion between culpable
homicide and murder; Causing death by negligence or by rash
driving; Thug; Attempt and abetment to commit murder, culpable
homicide, suicide; Causing Miscarriage and concealment of birth by
secret disposal of dead body; Hurt and grievous hurt, Offences
relating to hurt and grievous hurt; Wrongful restraint and wrongful
confinement; Force, criminal force and assault; Kidnapping and
abduction; Slavery and forced labor; Rape and unnatural offences; All
offences affecting the human life and body and punishments for
them.
viii) Offences against property: Theft, Extortion, Robbery and
dacoity, Elements of each one and Distinction between them;
Criminal misappropriation of property and criminal breach of trust,
Elements of each one and distinction between them; Receiving of
stolen property, Cheating; Mischief; All offences against property and
punishments for them.
ix) Offences dealing with the Violation of Rights to Property in
order to Commit Some Other Offences: Criminal trespass, House
trespass, lurking house trespass, Lurking house trespass by night,
House breaking, House breaking by night, All other offences relating
to this and punishments.
x) Offences relating to Documents: Forgery, Making a false
document, Forged document and using as genuine a forged
document, Other offences relating to documents and punishments.
xi) Other Offences: Defamation, Definition and elements of
defamation, Exceptions to defamation; Criminal intimidation, Insult,
Prejudicial Act, Eve teasing, Causes and effects of eve teasing, Ways
out to prevent the commission of eve teasing; Public nuisance; Public
annoyance and all other offences and punishments; Attempts to
commit offences.