CRIMINAL ATTEMPT INTRODUCTION: An attempt to commit a crime is an act which could constitute the offence if it were not interrupted. Once a criminal act reaches the stage of attempt the liability starts, as attempt takes the person closer to a successful commission of an offence. TYPES OF ATTEMPTS: Unsuccessful act Interrupted so couldn’t happen More than mere preparation ATTEMPT AND IPC General Attempt Specific Attempt: Section 307: Offence of attempt murder. Section 308: offence of attempt culpable homicide. Section 309: offence of attempted suicide. Section 393: offence of attempted robbery. Attempt along with abetment or commission as offence. THEORIES OF CRIMINAL ATTEMPT: Impossibility: legal impossibility arises when a defendant completes all of his intended acts, but the sum of his acts does not constitute a crime. It was laid in the case Queen Vs. Collins 1884, where it was held that a pickpocket was not guilty of attempt even when he put his hand into the pocket of so
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