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Which of these offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is outside the statutory compounding…

Section 359 limits statutory compounding to the listed offences. Its tables include the stated forms of causing hurt and house-trespass. Attempt to murder is outside those…

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Which of these offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is outside the statutory compounding tables in section 359 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 359 limits statutory compounding to the listed offences. Its tables include the stated forms of causing hurt and house-trespass. Attempt to murder is outside those tables.

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Option A

The section 359(1) table lists voluntarily causing hurt under section 115(2).

Option B

The section 359(1) table lists this offence under section 122(1).

Option C

The section 359(1) table lists house-trespass under section 329(4).

Option D

The section 359 tables omit the offence under section 109.

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