According to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where a person is held guilty of one of several…
Section 10 of the BNS (formerly section 72 IPC) addresses a judgment establishing guilt of one of several identified offences but leaving doubt about which one. When their…
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According to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where a person is held guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgement, but it is doubtful of which of the offences he is guilty, the offender shall be
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Section 10 of the BNS (formerly section 72 IPC) addresses a judgment establishing guilt of one of several identified offences but leaving doubt about which one. When their punishments differ, the offender receives the punishment for the offence carrying the lowest punishment, rather than punishment for all or the highest.
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