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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, provides for attributing sober knowledge to a…

Section 24 attributes the knowledge the person would have had when sober unless the intoxicant was administered without their knowledge or against their will. Section 23 is…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, provides for attributing sober knowledge to a voluntarily intoxicated person where an offence requires particular knowledge or intent?

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Section 24 attributes the knowledge the person would have had when sober unless the intoxicant was administered without their knowledge or against their will.

Section 23 is the separate incapacity exception for involuntary intoxication.

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Option A

Section 22 concerns an act of a person of unsound mind.

Option B

Section 23 addresses incapacity caused by intoxication administered without the person's knowledge or against their will.

Option C

Section 24 treats the person as having the knowledge they would have had if sober, subject to its exception for involuntary intoxication.

Option D

Section 25 concerns consent to an act neither intended nor known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt.

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