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Which Section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 contains the doctrine of transferred malice?

Section 102 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 301 IPC) addresses culpable homicide where the offender causes the death of someone other than the person…

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Which Section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 contains the doctrine of transferred malice?

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Section 102 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 301 IPC) addresses culpable homicide where the offender causes the death of someone other than the person whose death was intended or known to be likely. The homicide has the same legal description it would have had if the intended person had died. This is the transferred-malice principle; the required culpability and any applicable exceptions still matter.

Section 100 defines culpable homicide, section 101 murder, and section 103 punishes murder.

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