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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the defence of intoxication is not available:

Voluntary intoxication does not qualify for the general exemption in section 23 BNS (formerly section 85 IPC). That exemption requires both the specified incapacity and…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the defence of intoxication is not available:

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Voluntary intoxication does not qualify for the general exemption in section 23 BNS (formerly section 85 IPC). That exemption requires both the specified incapacity and intoxication caused without the person's knowledge or against the person's will. Section 24 BNS (formerly section 86 IPC) ordinarily imputes the knowledge the person would have possessed when sober, while any required specific intention must still be established.

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