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Doctrine of mens rea is NOT attracted to which of the following categories of offences?

Strict-liability offences dispense with proof of mens rea for the element made strict by the governing statute, so the doctrine of mens rea is not attracted to "Strict…

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Doctrine of mens rea is NOT attracted to which of the following categories of offences?

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Strict-liability offences dispense with proof of mens rea for the element made strict by the governing statute, so the doctrine of mens rea is not attracted to "Strict liability" offences. In State of Maharashtra v M.H. George (1965), the Supreme Court held that mens rea is presumed to be an ingredient of a statutory offence unless the statute excludes it expressly or by necessary implication. Offences relating to fraud, bodily injury or the State are not free of mental elements merely because of their subject; their IPC definitions require intention, knowledge or dishonesty.

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