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If a person is a victim of an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and such offence is also…

Where the same wrongful act, such as defamation or negligence, constitutes both a tort and an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the IPC), the two…

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If a person is a victim of an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and such offence is also a tort e.g. in the case of defamation, negligence, nuisance etc. such a person can seek remedy through

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Where the same wrongful act, such as defamation or negligence, constitutes both a tort and an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the IPC), the two remedies are not mutually exclusive, so the victim may pursue a "Civil suit for compensation under law of torts and Criminal cases for fixing the criminal liability on the accused under the BNS".

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