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Section 23 BNS — Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 12

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23. Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication, incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law; provided that the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.

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