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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, specifically addresses destroying an electronic…

Section 241 covers destruction of documents or electronic records that may lawfully be required as evidence when the destruction is intended to prevent production or use of…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, specifically addresses destroying an electronic record that one may lawfully be compelled to produce as evidence, with the intention of preventing its production?

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Section 241 covers destruction of documents or electronic records that may lawfully be required as evidence when the destruction is intended to prevent production or use of the record.

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Option A

Section 239 concerns intentional omission to give information about an offence by a person legally bound to give it.

Option B

Section 240 concerns giving false information respecting an offence that has been committed.

Option C

Section 241 specifically addresses destruction of a document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.

Option D

Section 242 concerns false personation for acts or proceedings in a suit or prosecution.

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