10. 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.
BNS Section 10: Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which. It replaces IPC 72 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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Text of BNS Section 10
IPC sections replaced
- IPC 72: Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
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