AN EFFORT TO UNVEIL THE BEST TEST ON CRIMINAL ATTEMPT - DECODING JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF INDIA, UK AND USA

Abstract

The topic on ‘An Effort to Unveil the Best Test on Criminal Attempt - Decoding Judicial
Interpretations of India, UK and USA’ relates to the intriguing, enigmatic and a grey area of
criminal law. Under the Indian Penal Code’1860; attempt has been put forth as a substantive
penal provision in more ways than one. This work aims to find out the best possible test (s)
which the judiciary can undertake and also, mostly applies in solving cases pertaining to
attempted crimes by way of a work based upon a study of 100 cases by way of Mixed
(Qualitative and Quantitative) Content Analysis whereby, the researcher have tried to
systematically decode the approach involved in the judicial decisions of some of the leading
cases and relate the same with the existing rules and tests pertaining to the topic to derive the
best possible, logical and most frequently used test(s).