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Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides for

Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) provides a general exception for the act of a person of unsound mind,…

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Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides for

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Section 22 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) provides a general exception for the act of a person of unsound mind, recognizing only 'legal unsoundness of mind' (legal insanity)—that is, incapacity at the time of doing the act, by reason of unsoundness of mind, to know the nature of the act or that it is either wrong or contrary to law—and not mere medical or moral insanity.

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