Section 10: Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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1. 1. Where a judgment states that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in it, but that it is doubtful of which of them he is guilty, how is he to be punished under Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

   A.For whichever offence the accused elects, since the doubt is resolved in his favourB.For the offence for which the highest punishment is provided, since all the offences are provedC.For the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided, if the same punishment is not provided for allD.Separately for each of the offences specified, with the sentences to run concurrently
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