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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes an attempt where the act would be…

Section 110 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when the act would amount to culpable homicide other than murder if death resulted. Section 109 covers the distinct…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes an attempt where the act would be culpable homicide not amounting to murder if it caused death?

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Section 110 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when the act would amount to culpable homicide other than murder if death resulted. Section 109 covers the distinct attempt where the hypothetical result would amount to murder.

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Section 105 punishes completed culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Option B

Section 110 expressly addresses an attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Option C

Section 109 applies when the act would be murder if it caused death.

Option D

Section 102 addresses a completed culpable homicide involving an unintended victim.

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