Criminal Law: Case Study on Rape and False Information

Criminal Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Issue.............................................................................................................................................3
Rules............................................................................................................................................3
Application..................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Criminal Law can be defined as law and regulation which relates with criminal activity. It is
necessary to understand that in any of the situation laws and regulations must be followed as
there are serious nature of penalty which can be imposed upon defaulter. The main purpose of
commencement of this law is to regulate all of the criminal activity which are perform by
individual or group for personal benefit. In context of the file, one of the case study will be
solved with the help of IRAC format. Here, case study is related with criminal offence.
MAIN BODY
Issue
The case relates with Dallus and Veronica where Dallus was an old man who sign up in one of
the online dating sites. He provided some of those information which are not relevant to the real
life as he informed that he is a 35 years old where his height is 5.9 ft. In addition, he works as an
interior designer in Guernsey in London. Now, the issue is that he had started to have a
conversation with Veronica and even he didn’t give her the real information about him. After
having a genuine conversation for number of time they had agreed on having sexual encounter.
After having the sexual encounter, Veronica found that Dallus has given her a false information
and not she had filed a case against Dallus as she was raped by him.
Rules
Sexual Offence Act: It is one of the law which is simply explains that any of the person
should not take any of those decision due to which other people has to suffer and if in any of the
condition they do that then it will fall under the category of criminal offence. Similarly, law and
regulation says that any of the person should not have a sexual encounter without having a
consent with opposite gender and if they fail to do so then criminal liability will arise in it.
Sexual offence comprises number of crimes such as rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault
and many more. There are mainly two different things which is mainly focused i.e., Mens Rea
and Actus Reus. Before that, section 1 of Sexual Offence Act, 2003 explains that rape can be
defined as intentionally penetrate the another person, or not having any of the legal consent of
opposite gender or providing the false information for the purpose of fulfilment of personal