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Previously Section 92 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it is done in good faith, even without that person’s consent, if the circumstances are such that it is impossible for that person to signify consent, or […]

Previously Section 91 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) The exceptions in sections 21, 22 and 23 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause, or be intended to cause, or be known to be likely to cause, to the person giving the consent, or on whose

Previously Section 90 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this Sanhita,–– (a) if the consent is given by a person under fear of injury, or under a misconception of fact, and if the person doing the act knows, or has reason

Previously Section 89 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a person under twelve years of age, or of person with mental illness, by or by consent, either express or implied, of the guardian or other person having lawful charge of that person, is an

Previously Section 88 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause, or be intended by the doer to cause, or be known by the doer to be likely to cause, to any person for whose benefit it

Previously Section 87 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing which is not intended to cause death, or grievous hurt, and which is not known by the doer to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause, or be intended by the doer

Previously Section 86 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) In cases where an act done is not an offence unless done with a particular knowledge or intent, a person who does the act in a state of intoxication shall be liable to be dealt with as if he had the same knowledge as he would

Previously Section 85 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication, incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law; unless that the

Previously Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Changes: ‘Mental illness’ used for ‘Unsound mind’ Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of mental illness, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either

Previously Section 83 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under twelve, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge of the nature and consequences of his conduct on that occasion.