Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 embodies the doctrine of transferred malice in…

Section 102 preserves the description of the culpable homicide that would have applied if the intended or foreseen victim had died.

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 embodies the doctrine of transferred malice in culpable homicide?

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Section 102 preserves the description of the culpable homicide that would have applied if the intended or foreseen victim had died.

Option A

Section 108 concerns abetment of suicide.

Option B

Section 80 concerns dowry death.

Option C

Section 102 governs culpable homicide where the person killed differs from the person whose death was intended or known to be likely.

Option D

Section 91 concerns preventing a child from being born alive or causing the child to die after birth.