Under section 515(1)(a) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, from which event does limitation ordinarily commence when commission of the offence and the offender's identity were known at…
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Under section 515(1)(a) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, from which event does limitation ordinarily commence when commission of the offence and the offender's identity were known at the time?
From the date of the offence
From the date of the arrest of the suspect
From the date of the lodging of the case
From the date of the surrender of the accused
Answer and explanation
The ordinary starting event is the offence date. Section 515 provides later-discovery rules where the offence or offender's identity was unknown. Subsection (2) excludes the starting day when computing the period.
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