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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides the general punishment for abetting a…

Section 108 prescribes the general punishment when a person commits suicide and another person abets that suicide. Section 107 provides a special rule where the person who…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides the general punishment for abetting a completed suicide, as in the case of an adult who is of sound mind, sober and free from delirium?

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Section 108 prescribes the general punishment when a person commits suicide and another person abets that suicide.

Section 107 provides a special rule where the person who dies is a child or is of unsound mind, delirious or intoxicated. Sections 45 and 46 address abetment and the abettor generally.

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Option A

Section 226 concerns an attempt to commit suicide with the specific intent to compel or restrain a public servant in the discharge of official duty.

Option B

Section 108 prescribes punishment for a person who abets the commission of a completed suicide.

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Section 107 applies to suicide by a child or by a person of unsound mind, delirious or intoxicated.

Option D

Section 110 concerns attempt to commit culpable homicide.

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