Commentary on The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Commentary on The Indian Penal Code, 1860 is a comprehensive, practice-first guide to India’s principal criminal statute. Each section reproduces the provision and follows with concise legislative intent, comparative doctrinal notes, and a synthesis of leading decisions that shape judicial application. Core modules cover general explanations (definitions, general exceptions, degrees of criminality), major heads of offences (homicide and culpable homicide, sexual and gender-based offences, offences against property, criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy, public order offences), and sentencing principles including mitigation and aggravation. Special chapters address procedural overlaps with CrPC and Evidence Act, interplay with special statutes, and modern issues such as electronic evidence, theft of digital property and organized crime. The volume supplies ready-to-use tools for practitioners: model charges and charge-sheets, sample bail and discharge applications, checklists for proving mens rea and actus reus, and appellate brief templates focused on common reversal grounds. Written for immediacy in court, the commentary emphasises evidentiary strategies, forensic coordination, victim-sensitive practice and human-rights considerations to ensure both legal rigour and ethical advocacy.