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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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INTRODUCTION
Human Body). The Chapter on theft comprises subjects which are dealt with in Chapters XIII and XVII of the I.P.C. (i.e., of offences relating to Weights and Measures, and of offences against Property). The Chapter on rudeness of speech deals with topios which are included within Chapters XXI and XXII of the I.P.C. (i.e., of Defamation and of Criminal Intimidation, etc.). Chapter XVI of the I.P.C. contains 79 sections and treats of various offences. But only the following offences have been treated in the Dandaviveka in its three analogous Chapters, viz., unlawful homicide, hurt (simple and grievous), kidnapping, rape, adultery, and unnatural offence. Animal-slaughter has also been treated alongside man-slaughter.
The Indian Penal Code, supplemented by subsequent legislation, has laid down eight kinds of punishment, viz. :
(1) Death. (2) Transportation. (3) Penal Servitude (for Europeans and Americans). (4) Imprisonment. (5) Forfeiture of Property. (6) Fine. (7) Whipping
(8) Detention in Reformatories (for juvenile offenders),
Imprisonment, again, is of three kinds, viz., simple, rigorous, and solitary. The maximum period of imprisonment is fourteen years, and the highest amount of fine is one thousand rupees.
The following table illustrates the punishments laid down in the Dandaviveka. Those marked with an asterisk are also prescribed in the Indian Penal Code. The rest are obsolete in modern times :
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