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Under which Section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, it is omission, and not an act, which is an…

Section 357 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 491 IPC) punishes the omission, in breach of a lawful contract, to attend on or supply the wants of a…

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Under which Section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, it is omission, and not an act, which is an offence?

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Section 357 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 491 IPC) punishes the omission, in breach of a lawful contract, to attend on or supply the wants of a helpless person, making the omission itself, rather than a positive act, the offence; section 300 punishes disturbing a religious assembly, section 11 provides for solitary confinement and section 354 punishes an act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.

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