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General Exceptions II: IPC 82-86 vs BNS 20-24 — Children, Insanity, Intoxication
The renumbering of legal protections for those lacking criminal capacity — children, the insane, and the involuntarily intoxicated.
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Justice requires that a person must be mentally and legally capable of committing a crime. Sections 82-86 of the IPC protected those who could not form Mens Rea. The BNS (Sections 20-24) adopts these provisions entirely.
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The renumbering of legal protections for those lacking criminal capacity — children, the insane, and the involuntarily intoxicated.
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