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Section 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 concerns rash or negligent driving or riding that…

Section 281 identifies a public way as the required location. The section requires driving or riding so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or be likely to cause…

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Section 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 concerns rash or negligent driving or riding that endangers human life or is likely to cause hurt or injury. Which location does the section expressly require?

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Section 281 identifies a public way as the required location.

The section requires driving or riding so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or be likely to cause hurt or injury to another person.

The rule concerns the character of the way, rather than the name of the owner of the land.

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Option A

A place may be public without being a public way. The section identifies the latter.

Option B

Ownership by another person is not the statutory test. The issue is whether the location is a public way.

Option C

Section 281 specifies a public way and separately requires the prescribed rashness or negligence.

Option D

Government ownership does not establish that the location is a public way.

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