Misdemeanors are more serious than infractions. Under federal law and in most states, a misdemeanor is a criminal offense that carries a potential jail term of less than one year. Some states define a misdemeanor as a crime that is not a felony or an infraction.

Alexander Hamilton, in explaining the Constitution’s impeachment provisions, described impeachable offenses as arising from the misconduct of public men, or in other words from the abuse or violation of some public trust. 46. The Federalist No. 65 (Alexander Hamilton) (Clinton Rossiter ed., 1961).

The President, the Vice-President, the Members of the Supreme Court, the Members of the Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman may be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public …

Sedition is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the government in power. The Alien and Sedition Acts passed into law in the late 1700s were challenged by none other than Thomas Jefferson as a violation of Americans’ First Amendment rights to free speech.

SYNONYMS FOR sedition 1 insurrection, mutiny.

According to the Sedition Act of 1870 any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without due trial. The Rowlatt Committee was a Sedition Committee appointed in 1918 by the British Indian Government with Mr. Justice Rowlatt, an English judge, as its president.

Section 124A of the IPC, which deals with sedition, states, “Whoever, words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in India shall be …

The High Court is the highest court in a state in India. Articles 214 to 231 in the Indian Constitution talk about the High Courts, their organisation and powers. The Parliament can also provide for the establishment of one High Court for two or more states.

—Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise], insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished …

SECTION 153 A: The purpose of the Section 153 A is to punish persons who indulge in wanton vilification or attacks upon the religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc of any particular group or class or upon the founders and prophets of a religion.

Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of 1973 authorises the Executive Magistrate of any state or territory to issue an order to prohibit the assembly of four or more people in an area. According to the law, every member of such ‘unlawful assembly’ can be booked for engaging in rioting.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant on December 28 informed that Section 144 of the CrPC will be enforced in the city for 24 hours from 6 pm of December 31 in view of the New Year’s celebrations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

(1) In cases where, in the opinion of a District Magistrate, a Sub- divisional Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, there is sufficient ground for proceeding under this section and immediate prevention or speedy remedy is desirable, such Magistrate may …

Section 420 in the Indian Penal Code deals with Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. The maximum punishment which can be awarded under this section is imprisonment for a term of 7 year and fine.

A person charged under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 can either apply for a pre-arrest bail i.e. anticipatory bail or post-arrest bail i.e. regular bail. A person can apply for an anticipatory bail under section 438 and a regular bail under section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973.

If you have been similarly cheated by your boyfriend you can file an FIR in the nearest police station under section 375 (rape), 415 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

you have to approach the police with a complaint referring to all the things which has happened and how the person has cheated you. if the police refuses to file a FIR then they will provide you with a DD number of your complaint.

According Sec 420 of IPC when a person cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the other person who is deceived to deliver any property to any other person or makes, alters or destroys the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a …

1. Log on to the website www.bmtf.gov.in.
2. Click on Online Complaints.
3. Below is the Online Complaint Form.
4. Upon filling the form, Complaint gets registered.
5. Complaint Ticket No will be sent automatically to the recipient.

Contact your bank or credit card company as soon as possible after you discover that you’ve been victimized by a scammer. You may be able to recover some or all of your money. However, you generally must notify your bank or credit card company within 30 days of the transaction.

To avoid such harassment, the accused can apply for bail. The best option is to obtain an anticipatory bail under Section 438 of Criminal Procedural Code, 1973. Regular bail can also be preferred in case the Anticipatory bail is not applied.

You can file a case of cheating, fraud under section 417, 420 of IPC with jurisdiction police. Also as owner of factory is not returning money and you sent money in his account you can take similar steps agaisnt him and can file recovery suit against him too for your amount .