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Punishment for murder
Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
2023 · Ministry of Home Affairs · 358 sections
The principal substantive criminal law of India, replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860 with effect from 1 July 2024. Defines offences and prescribes punishments.
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Murder
Culpable homicide is murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or with such knowledge as to make the act imminently dangerous.
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Theft
Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft.
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Cheating
Whoever by deceiving any person fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to do or omit anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived, is said to cheat.
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Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.
Whoever by deceitful means or by making promise to marry without intention of fulfilling such promise has sexual intercourse with a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to ten years.
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Defamation
Whoever by words spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm reputation, is said to defame that person.
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