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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for culpable homicide not…

Section 105 allows life imprisonment or a term of five to ten years for the intention limb and makes the offender liable to fine. Its knowledge-only limb provides…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, including the minimum term for the intentional form if a term of imprisonment is imposed?

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Section 105 allows life imprisonment or a term of five to ten years for the intention limb and makes the offender liable to fine.

Its knowledge-only limb provides imprisonment up to ten years and fine.

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Option A

Section 102 addresses culpable homicide when the person killed differs from the intended or contemplated victim.

Option B

Section 103 prescribes punishment for murder.

Option C

Section 104 deals with murder by a person serving a life sentence.

Option D

Section 105 imposes the five-year minimum if the court chooses a term of imprisonment under the intention limb.

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