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X, in charge of a private hospital, refuses treatment to an adult injured in an ordinary fight…

Section 200 punishes a hospital’s person in charge for contravening section 397. Section 397 covers specified sexual offences, acid-attack victims and listed POCSO offences,…

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X, in charge of a private hospital, refuses treatment to an adult injured in an ordinary fight involving no acid attack or sexual offence. Treatment elsewhere saves the patient. Do these facts alone establish the specific offence under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 section 200 read with Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 section 397?

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Section 200 punishes a hospital’s person in charge for contravening section 397. Section 397 covers specified sexual offences, acid-attack victims and listed POCSO offences, and applies to public and private hospitals. An ordinary fight injury alone does not meet that list. This addresses only the specific offence, not every possible legal duty.

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Option A

Section 397 enumerates specific sexual offences and acid attack, not ordinary fight injuries.

Option B

The offence depends on the specified statutory treatment duty.

Option C

Survival cannot supply the missing listed-offence condition.

Option D

Section 397 expressly includes private hospitals.

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