Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 10
Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
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BNS Section 10 deals with punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which and replaces IPC 72.
Bare act text — BNS 10
10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided if the same punishment is not provided for all.
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What was BNS Section 10 in the IPC?
BNS Section 10 (Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which) replaces Section 72 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 72 is now BNS 10.
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