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Which section of the central Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes attempt to commit culpable homicide…

Section 110 applies where the act, intention or knowledge and circumstances would constitute culpable homicide not amounting to murder if death resulted. It distinguishes…

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Which section of the central Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder?

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Section 110 applies where the act, intention or knowledge and circumstances would constitute culpable homicide not amounting to murder if death resulted. It distinguishes the attempt from the completed offence under section 105.

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Section 105 punishes completed culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Option B

Section 110 covers the attempt by reference to intention, knowledge and circumstances if death resulted.

Option C

Section 111 addresses organised crime.

Option D

Section 102 addresses death of someone other than the intended victim, not this attempt.

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