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Under section 2(17) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, life denotes:

Under section 2(17) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 45 IPC), 'life' denotes the life of a human being unless the contrary appears from the context.…

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Under section 2(17) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, life denotes:

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Under section 2(17) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 45 IPC), 'life' denotes the life of a human being unless the contrary appears from the context. This is the Sanhita's ordinary statutory meaning rather than a general biological definition covering all living things.

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