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- 42nd Law Commission Report on Indian Penal Code. Delhi: Ministry of Law, Government of India, 1971.
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Cases
- Maruti Shripati Dubal vs State Of Maharashtra, (1986) 88 BOMLR 589.
- State Vs. Sanjay Kumar Bhatia, 1985 Crl.L.J.931.
- Chenna Jagadeeswar and another Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh, 1988 Crl.L.J.549.
- P.Rathinam vs Union Of India, 1994 SCC (3) 394.
- Smt. Gyan Kaur vs The State Of Punjab, 1996 SCC (2) 648
- Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug v. Union of India, (2011) 4 SCC 454.
- Nikhil Soni v Union of India and others, 2015.
- Advocate General of Bengal (on behalf of her majesty) Vs. Ranee Surnomoye Dossee 9 M.I.A. 387, decided on 30.06.1863.