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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following cases must the punishment be 'simple'

BNS s.126(2), s.213 and s.223(a) each prescribe simple imprisonment for wrongful restraint, refusing to take an oath duly required by a public servant, and disobedience to…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following cases must the punishment be 'simple'

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BNS s.126(2), s.213 and s.223(a) each prescribe simple imprisonment for wrongful restraint, refusing to take an oath duly required by a public servant, and disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant, respectively, unlike more serious offences that allow either description of imprisonment.

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