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Section 36 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
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 Z’s death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and partly by beating Z. A has committed murder.
Related Sections
- Section 343: Wrongful confinement for three or more days
- Section 115: Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence not committed
- Section 290: Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
- Section 510: Misconduct in public by a drunken person
- Section 109: Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
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