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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, for a defence of intoxication, to escape Cr. liability the…

Under IPC s.85 (now BNS s.23), the defence of intoxication excusing criminal liability applies only where the intoxicating substance was administered without the person's…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, for a defence of intoxication, to escape Cr. liability the intoxication

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Under IPC s.85 (now BNS s.23), the defence of intoxication excusing criminal liability applies only where the intoxicating substance was administered without the person's knowledge or against his will, not where it was voluntarily self-administered.

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