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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which one of the following is presumed to be 'doli incapax' to…

Section 20 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 82 IPC) gives absolute criminal incapacity to a child under seven years of age. The exception in section 21…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which one of the following is presumed to be 'doli incapax' to commit a crime?
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Section 20 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 82 IPC) gives absolute criminal incapacity to a child under seven years of age. The exception in section 21 (formerly section 83 IPC) for a child above seven and under twelve depends on insufficient maturity of understanding to judge the nature and consequences of the act; it is not an automatic immunity for that whole age band. Neither the under-ten nor the ten-to-fourteen alternative states the absolute statutory rule.

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