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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what does it mean to do something ‘fraudulently’?

Section 2(9) defines the term by intent to defraud. Dr. Vimla explains the related idea of deceit and injury, which is capable of extending beyond economic loss.

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what does it mean to do something ‘fraudulently’?

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Section 2(9) defines the term by intent to defraud. Dr. Vimla explains the related idea of deceit and injury, which is capable of extending beyond economic loss.

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Option A

Section 2(9) defines the term by intent to defraud. Dr. Vimla explains the related idea of deceit and injury, which is capable of extending beyond economic loss.

Option B

Section 2(7) uses wrongful gain or wrongful loss to define dishonesty. It does not replace the intent required by section 2(9).

Option C

Negligence and resulting economic loss do not themselves establish intent to defraud.

Option D

The statute imposes no identified-property or known-owner requirement, and intent remains decisive.

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