This document discusses the essentials and stages of crime. It defines the two essential elements of a crime as actus rea, the physical act, and mens rea, the intention or state of mind. It categorizes different types of intention such as intention, recklessness, negligence, and knowledge. It also outlines the different stages of a crime from mere intention, to preparation, attempt, and finally commission. The document provides examples of crimes that fall under each stage. It further categorizes crimes covered by the Indian Penal Code as bodily offenses affecting life, bodily offenses affecting the body, property offenses such as cheating, extortion, miscellaneous, robbery, and breach, and other offenses.

1. CRIME, ESSENTIALS & STAGES
C. KRISHNA REDDY
F.M (LAW)
AP. POLICE ACADEMY
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2. CRIME:
Essentials of Crime: “ ACTUS NON FACIT RIUM NISI MENSIT RIUM”
I. ACTUS REA: (Physical act)
1. By commission or omission
2. By internal or external
3. By direct or indirect
4. Intentional or unintentional
5. Intervention by third party; R/v Jordan ( postmortem)
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3. II. Mense rium (Intention or connected to mind) x MOTIVE
a) intention: Desire & foresight of consequences
(ex: 302)
b) Recklessness: no desire but foresight of consequences
(throwing on crowd)
c) Negligence: no desire, no foresight of consequences, but
not taking Proper care
(throwing on )
d)knowledge: personal information relating an act (devil)
 Mere guilty cannot be punished except criminal conspiracy
 Mere physical act also not punishable except Kidnap (Prince),
bigamy(Tolson)
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4. STAGES OF CRIME:
 Intention: Mere thought to do an act cannot punishable
Ex: 120-A, 121-A
 Preparation: All acts may not punishable but some acts treated grave crimes
Ex : 120-A, 121, 399 Preparation to Robbery
 Attempt: All acts punishable. Ex: 307,308,309,511 of IPC.
 Commission: All acts Punishable it may be bad or good motive.
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5. IPC Officence
Bodily
Property
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6. Bodily offences
Affecting Life
Affecting Body
Law Full
Excus:76,
79,80,81,
82,85,95,
C.H A M-300
Un – Law Full
Justifiable
77,78,
C.H
CHNAM-299
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7. Property
offences
Cheating
(415-420)
Extor-383
Misc-425
Robb-390
Breac-405
Deco-391
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8. C.KRISHNA REDDY, F.M(LAW), APPA.
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9. THANK YOU
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