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The doctrine of 'transfer of malice' is contained in ______ of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Section 102 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 301 IPC) embodies transferred malice in homicide. If an act intended or known to be likely to cause death…

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The doctrine of 'transfer of malice' is contained in ______ of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

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Section 102 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 301 IPC) embodies transferred malice in homicide. If an act intended or known to be likely to cause death kills a different person, the homicide has the same legal character it would have had if the intended person had died. Section 3(5) deals with acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, section 189(4) with membership of an unlawful assembly while armed with a deadly weapon, and section 318(4) with cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.

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