1. IPC section 309 deals with unsuccessful attempt of suicide.
2. The unsuccessful attemp of suicide is punishable with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or with both.
3. IPC section 497 deals with adultry.
4. Section 497 gave protection for a woman for doing adultry.
5. Section 497 was unanimously struck down on dt. 27.9.2018 by a five judges bench in the matter of Joseph Shine v. Union of India as being unconstitutional and demeaning to the dignity of women.
6. Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (war against the Government of India), 132 (mutiny), 194 (false evidence to procure conviction for a capital offence), 302, 303 (murder), 305 (abetting suicide), 364A (kidnapping for ransom), 364A (banditry with murder), 376A (rape) have death penalty as punishment.
7. Modern crimes involving technology unheard of during Macaulay's time fit easily within the Code mainly because of the broadness of the Code's drafting.
8. Nicholas Phillips, Justice of Supreme Court of United Kingdom applauded the efficacy and relevance of IPC while commemorating 150 years of IPC.
9. Section 420 covers cheating and con men are called 420.
10. Section 302 covers the death penalty.
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