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A is convicted of causing grievous hurt. The injured person then dies from that injury, a consequence…

Section 337(3) permits a later trial for a different offence where the consequence had not occurred, or was not known to the court, at the time of the earlier conviction, as…

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A is convicted of causing grievous hurt. The injured person then dies from that injury, a consequence that had not occurred when A was convicted. What does BNSS section 337(3) permit?

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Section 337(3) permits a later trial for a different offence where the consequence had not occurred, or was not known to the court, at the time of the earlier conviction, as illustrated by the hurt-then-death example; hence "A may be tried for culpable homicide based on the later consequence". The subsection imposes no special-consent requirement.

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