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Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is based on the:

BNS section 22, corresponding to IPC section 84, exempts an act of a person of unsound mind who could not know its nature or that it was wrong; this codifies the McNaghten…

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Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is based on the:

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BNS section 22, corresponding to IPC section 84, exempts an act of a person of unsound mind who could not know its nature or that it was wrong; this codifies the McNaghten test of legal insanity, not proximity, common intention or transferred malice.

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