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For the purposes of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, making or publishing any imputation on someone…

Explanation 1 to section 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Explanation 1 to section 499 IPC) provides that it may amount to defamation to impute anything…

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For the purposes of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, making or publishing any imputation on someone who is dead:

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Explanation 1 to section 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Explanation 1 to section 499 IPC) provides that it may amount to defamation to impute anything to a deceased person if the imputation would harm his reputation if living and is intended to be hurtful to the feelings of his family or other near relatives. Such an imputation therefore "amounts to an offence of defamation". It is not treated as defamation of the legal heir, and it is a criminal offence, not only a civil wrong.

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