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In which of the following landmark cases did a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court prescribe a…

Virsa Singh requires proof of the bodily injury, its nature, intention to inflict that particular injury, and objective sufficiency of that injury to cause death in the…

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In which of the following landmark cases did a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court prescribe a four-point test relating to section 300, thirdly, of the IPC (now section 101(c) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023)?

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Virsa Singh requires proof of the bodily injury, its nature, intention to inflict that particular injury, and objective sufficiency of that injury to cause death in the ordinary course of nature. The last inquiry does not require a separate intention that the injury be fatal. That four-stage analysis concerns section 300 thirdly.

Current law: BNS section 101(c) carries the corresponding intended-bodily-injury murder limb. The statutory wording preserves the distinction between intending the particular injury and its objective fatal sufficiency.

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