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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 preserves the description of culpable homicide…

Section 102 treats the culpable homicide as of the same description as it would have been had the offender caused the death intended or known to be likely.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 preserves the description of culpable homicide where the offender causes the death of someone other than the person whose death was intended or known to be likely?

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Section 102 treats the culpable homicide as of the same description as it would have been had the offender caused the death intended or known to be likely.

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Option A

Section 100 defines culpable homicide generally.

Option B

Section 101 defines when culpable homicide is murder.

Option C

Section 102 preserves the description of culpable homicide when the actual victim differs from the intended or foreseen victim in the specified circumstances.

Option D

Section 103 prescribes punishment for murder.

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