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Which provision of the central Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 supplies residual punishment for…

Section 62 is the residual attempt provision. It requires an act towards commission and the absence of an express Sanhita punishment for that attempt. It is not a universal…

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Which provision of the central Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 supplies residual punishment for attempting an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment, where that Sanhita makes no express provision punishing the attempt?

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Section 62 is the residual attempt provision. It requires an act towards commission and the absence of an express Sanhita punishment for that attempt. It is not a universal substitute for specific attempt offences.

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Option A

Section 62 supplies residual attempt punishment when an act towards commission is done and no express attempt punishment exists.

Option B

Section 79 concerns words, gestures or acts intended to insult a woman's modesty.

Option C

Section 355 concerns misconduct in public by a drunken person.

Option D

Section 351(4) concerns anonymous criminal intimidation or concealed threatener identity.

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