Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, embodies the maxim de minimis non curat lex,…

Section 33 is the general exception for slight harm. The test refers to an ordinary person’s sense and temper.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, embodies the maxim de minimis non curat lex, meaning that the law takes no account of trifles?

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Correct answer D

Section 33 is the general exception for slight harm. The test refers to an ordinary person’s sense and temper.

Option A

Section 29 limits certain consent exceptions for acts independently constituting offences.

Option B

Section 30 addresses good-faith acts for a person’s benefit without consent, subject to its conditions.

Option C

Section 32 concerns compulsion by threats within its statutory limits.

Option D

Section 33 excludes harm so slight that a person of ordinary sense and temper would not complain.