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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, contains the general offence of abetment of suicide?

Section 108 applies where a person commits suicide and another person abetted its commission. Section 107 separately deals with suicide by a child or other persons in the…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, contains the general offence of abetment of suicide?

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Section 108 applies where a person commits suicide and another person abetted its commission. Section 107 separately deals with suicide by a child or other persons in the conditions it specifies.

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Option A

Section 108 contains the general offence.

Option B

Section 107 is the special provision covering a child or certain persons in vulnerable conditions specified there.

Option C

Section 109 concerns attempted murder.

Option D

Section 110 concerns attempted culpable homicide.

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