Two brothers sleeping on the floor of a room. The victim was done to death admittedly by the accused around mid­night with a dao when the victim was in deep slumber. The defence stated that the accused in his dream was being throttled by someone so he took out the dao kept the head of the bed to apprehend his attacker. However the dao hit his brother and killed him.

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. There are 576 Sections in IPC. There are 23 Chapters in the IPC: 01Introduction 02 General Explanations 03 Of Punishments 04 General Exceptions 05 Abetment 05a Criminal Conspiracy 06 Offences Against The State 07 Offences Relating to the Armed Forces 08 Offences Against Public Tranquillity 09 Offences By or Relating to Public Servants 09 aOffences Relating to Elections 10 Contempts of Authority of Public Servants 11 False... Show more

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.
There are 576 Sections in IPC.

There are 23 Chapters in the IPC:

01Introduction
02 General Explanations
03 Of Punishments
04 General Exceptions
05 Abetment
05a Criminal Conspiracy
06 Offences Against The State
07 Offences Relating to the Armed Forces
08 Offences Against Public Tranquillity
09 Offences By or Relating to Public Servants
09 aOffences Relating to Elections
10 Contempts of Authority of Public Servants
11 False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
12 Offences Relating to the Coin and Govt. Stamps
13 Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
14 Offences Affecting Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
15 Offences Relating to Religion
16 Offences Affecting the Human Body
17 Offences Against Property
18 Offences Relating to Documents and Property Marks
19 Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
20 Offences Relating to Marriage
20 aCruelty by Husband or Husbands Relatives
21 Defamation
22 Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
23 Attempts to Commit Offences

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