Grave Offence means offences of such nature that it materially affects the reputation, business or operations adversely oroutrages the moral sense of the community and such other offences which may be considered by the Government/Company as grave on case to case basis after considering the facts and relevant legal …

There are 3 types of criminal offence:

• Summary offences.
• Either way offences.
• Indictable only offences.

Murder and manslaughter are two types of homicide (the killing of a human being). The term “homicide” means the killing of another person? but it’s not necessarily a crime. Certain homicides are lawful (such as in wartime), while others are unlawful (such as murder and manslaughter).

Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder. Some homicides are considered justifiable, such as the killing of a person to prevent the commission of a serious felony or to aid a representative of the law.

English law contains homicide offences – those acts involving the death of another person. For a crime to be considered homicide, it must take place after the victim’s legally recognised birth, and before their legal death. Murder requires an intention to kill or an intention to commit grievous bodily harm.

Punishment for murder: Murder carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. It has a standard non-parole period of 25 years when involving the death of certain classes of people, such as Police, Judicial officers, corrective services officers etc and also a child under the age of 18 years.

Under English law, according to R v Creamer, a person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter when he or she intends an unlawful act that is likely to do harm to the person, and death results which was neither foreseen nor intended. The name for this crime is ‘manslaughter by an unlawful and dangerous act’ (MUDA).

A second-degree murder refers to the unpremeditated, but intentional killing of another person. It is less serious of a charge than first-degree murder, but more serious than manslaughter.

Grave misconduct is defined as the transgression of some established and definite rule of action, more particularly, unlawful behavior or gross negligence by a public officer coupled with the elements of corruption, willful intent to violate the law or to disregard established rules.25 Corruption, as an element of …

It is the omission of that care which even inattentive and thoughtless men never fail to give to their own property. In cases involving public officials, there is gross negligence when a breach of duty is flagrant and palpable.

Violent crime consists of five criminal offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and gang violence; property crime consists of burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson….Crime in the United States.