Abstract
This article discusses a selection of cases from Sri Lanka that have dealt with certain defences under the Indian Penal Code. The defences that will be covered are private defence, consent and necessity, automatism and insanity, intoxication, provocation, and sudden fight. An analysis of cases sheds light on problems in these defence provisions. Practitioners and students of criminal law in India and elsewhere would benefit significantly from studying the solutions to these problems developed by the Sri Lankan courts. Where these solutions are inadequate, the author suggests alternative solutions including legislative reform.
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Yeo, Stanley
(2022)
"Penal Code Defences: Lessons from Sri Lanka,"
National Law School of India Review: Vol. 29:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nlsir/vol29/iss1/6
