Section 36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
36
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
Illustration
A intentionally causes Zs death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and partly by beating Z. A has committed murder.
