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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with culpable homicide when the person…

Section 102 classifies the culpable homicide as it would have been classified if the intended or foreseen victim had died. This rule is commonly called transferred malice.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with culpable homicide when the person killed differs from the person whose death the offender intended or knew to be likely?

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Section 102 classifies the culpable homicide as it would have been classified if the intended or foreseen victim had died. This rule is commonly called transferred malice.

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Section 2(34) defines a will.

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Section 3(6) concerns acts done by several people with the required criminal knowledge or intention.

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Section 100 defines culpable homicide generally.

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Section 102 is the specific rule when the act kills a person other than the person whose death was intended or known to be likely.

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