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CHAPTER III GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

Section 24: Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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 have had if he had not been intoxicated, unless the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.

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

Questions on this section

2 questions in 4 of our papers cite Section 24.

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