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Which clause of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires intention to inflict a bodily…

Section 101(c) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires an intended bodily injury that is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death. The intent…

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Which clause of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires intention to inflict a bodily injury that is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death?

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Section 101(c) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires an intended bodily injury that is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.

The intent attaches to the injury. Its sufficiency to cause death is assessed in the ordinary course of nature.

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Option A

Clause (a) concerns the intention to cause death.

Option B

Clause (b) concerns an intended injury the offender knows is likely to cause the death of the person harmed.

Option C

Clause (c) uses the ordinary-course sufficiency test for the intended injury.

Option D

Clause (d) addresses knowingly imminent danger and the absence of an excuse for taking that risk.

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