Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Date: 19th july 2018

Lesson Plan

Course Name and Paper Code: Law Of Crimes I, LLB 205 Semester 3rd

Name of Faculty: Rajni Kheria

Number of Sessions as per Time Table: 38

Course Objectives: This Paper will deal with the basic principles of
Criminal Law determining criminal liability and
punishment.

Learning Activities / Pedagogy (strategies to engage students in active learning)

The pedagogy would involve group discussions , presentations, judgement analysis and
debates to familiarize the students with the key principles of criminal liability as
incorporated in IPC and to generate critical thinking among the students about the
objectives of criminal law and enable them to scrutinize the recent development and
changes that have taken place in the field.
Assessment: Total Internal Assessment = 25 Marks
A. One Internal Exam = 10 Marks
B. Attendance / Class Participation = 5 Marks
C. PSDA= 10 marks

Text book and references:

1) Glanville Williams, Text Book of Criminal Law, Universal Law Publishing Co., New
Delhi, 2012

2) Ratanlal Dhiraj Lal, The Indian Penal Code, Lexis Nexis, Butterworths Wadhwa,
Nagpur, 2012

3) K.D. Gaur, Textbook on Indian Penal Code, Universal Law Publishing Co., New
Delhi, 2012

4) J.W. Cecil Turner, Russel on Crime ,Vol I &2, Universal Law Publishing Co., New
Delhi, 2012
 5) K.I. Vibhuti, PSA Pillai’s Criminal Law, Lexis Nexis, Butterworths Wadhwa,
Nagpur, 2012

6) Glanville Williams, Text Book of Criminal Law, Universal Law Publishing Co., N.D
2012

7) K.D. Gaur, Textbook on Indian Penal Code, Universal Law Publishing Co., New
Delhi, 2012

8) Ratanlal Dhiraj Lal, The Indian Penal Code, Lexis Nexis, Butterworths Wadhwa,
Nagpur, 2012

9) Dr. H.S. Gaur, Penal Law of India, Law Publishers , Allahabad, 2013

10) John Dawson Mayne, Mayne’s Criminal law of India, Gale, Making of Modern
Law, 2013
11) Bare Act Of Indian Penal Code, 1860

Session Details:
Session No. Topic / Sub-Topic Readings: Cases / Articles / Textbook
or Reference book (Chapter / Page No.)
1 Introduction to Substantive
Criminal Law
2 Extent and Operation of IPC
3 Definition of Crime
4 Definition of Crime RC Nigam, Law Of Crimes in India 25-
37(1965)
5 Constituent Elements Of
Crime
6 Actus Reus
7 Actus Reus
8 Mensrea
9 Mensrea
10 Principle of Mensrea and State of Maharastra V. Mayer Hans
strict liability George (1965) 1 SCR 123
11 Definitions
12 Definitions
13 Mistake State Of Orissa V. Ram Bahadur Thapa
AIR 1960 Ori 161
14 Judicial And Executive Acts
15 Accident, Necessity, Infancy Spelucean Explorer Case
16 Insanity Queen Empress V. Kader Nasyer Shah
(1896) ILR 23 Cal 604
Dahyabhai Chhaganbhai Thakkar V.
State Of Gujrat (1964) 7 SCR 361
17 Intoxication Basdev v. State of Pepsu (1956) SCR
363
18 Consent, Goodfaith
19 Private defence Against Body State Of UP v. Ram Swaroop(1974) 4
SCC 764
20 Private defence Against Body Deo Narain v. State of UP (1973) 1 SCC
347
21 Private defence Against Body Kishan V. State Of MP AIR 1974 SC
244
22 Private defence Against
Property
23 Joint and Constructive Mahbub Shah v. Emperor AIR 1945 PC
Liability 118
Pandurang v. State of Hyderabad AIR
1955 SC 216
24 Joint and Constructive Maina Singh v. State of Rajasthan
Liability 1976, 2 SCC, 827
Mizazi v. State of UP AIR 1959 SC 572
25 Criminal Conspiracy Mohd. Khalid v. State of West Bengal
(2002) 7 SCC 334
26 Criminal Conspiracy Bimbadhar Pradhan v. State Of Orissa
AIR 1956 SC 469
27 Attempt Abhyanand Mishra v. State of Bihar
AIR 1961 SC 1698
28 Attempt State Of Maharashtra v. Mohd. Yakub
(1980) 3 SCC 57
29 Abetment
30 Abetment
31 Offences against state Kedar Nath v. State of Bihar AIR 1962
SC 955
32 Offences against state
33 Offences against state
34 Offences against Public
Tranquility
35 Offences against Public
Tranquility
36 Theories Of Punishment
37 Theories Of Punishment
38 Capital Punishment