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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 states the rule about causing the death of a child…

Explanation 3 to section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 says that causing death in the womb is outside homicide. Causing the death of a living child can amount to…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 states the rule about causing the death of a child in the mother's womb and the qualification for a living child partly brought forth?

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Explanation 3 to section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 says that causing death in the womb is outside homicide. Causing the death of a living child can amount to culpable homicide if any part of the child has been brought forth, even before breathing or complete birth.

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Option A

Exception 5 to section 101 concerns the death or risk of death accepted by a person above eighteen years of age.

Option B

Explanation 1 concerns an injury that accelerates the death of a person with a disorder, disease or bodily infirmity.

Option C

Explanation 2 concerns a death that proper remedies and skilful treatment might have prevented.

Option D

Explanation 3 states the womb rule and explains when causing the death of a living child partly brought forth may amount to culpable homicide.

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