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In section 19 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which phrase best describes the harm that the actor…

Section 19 expressly includes other harm to a person or property. Its fire illustration shows why the exception can concern property damage as well as injury to people. Good…

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In section 19 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which phrase best describes the harm that the actor acts in good faith to prevent or avoid?

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Section 19 expressly includes other harm to a person or property. Its fire illustration shows why the exception can concern property damage as well as injury to people. Good faith and the absence of criminal intention to cause harm remain part of the rule.

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Option A

Moral disapproval alone does not identify harm to a person or property.

Option B

The section also expressly covers property.

Option C

The phrase captures the reach of the section to persons and property.

Option D

Bodily hurt is narrower than the harm covered by the section.

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