General section of CrPC and IPC in terms of exam point of view especially for LLB entrance exam. Please provide me section which are frequently asked by the examiner.
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Human conduct that is believed to be inimical to social interests is considered a crime. The purpose of criminal law is to express a formal social condemnation of forbidden conduct, supported by sanctions to prevent it. According to Blackstone, ‘a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it’. Crime is basically an act which a particular social group regards as sufficiently harmful to its fundamental interests.
The maxim actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea (the act does not amount to guilt, it must be accompanied by guilty mind) is considered as the basic condition to charge someone against penal liability i.e. mere guilty act and mere guilty mind are independently not sufficient, there has to be a nexus between the two.