Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for ordinary cheating, apart…
Section 318(2) punishes ordinary cheating with imprisonment of either description for up to three years, a fine, or both. Section 318(1) defines cheating. The other…
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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for ordinary cheating, apart from the specified aggravated forms and cheating by personation?
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Section 318(2) punishes ordinary cheating with imprisonment of either description for up to three years, a fine, or both. Section 318(1) defines cheating. The other punishment provisions require additional elements.
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Option A
Defines cheating without prescribing its ordinary punishment.
Option B
Prescribes the punishment for ordinary cheating.
Option C
Requires a duty to protect the interest of the person cheated in the transaction.
Option D
Requires dishonest inducement involving property or a valuable security or a signed or sealed item capable of becoming one.
Option E
Punishes cheating by personation.
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