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Section 39 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
39. "Voluntarily"
A person is said to cause an effect "voluntarily" when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause it, or by means which, at the time of employing, those means, he knew or had reason to believe to be likely to cause it.
Illustration
A sets fire, by night, to-an inhabited house in a large town, for the purpose of facilitating a robbery and thus causes the death of a person. Here, A may not have intended to cause death; and may even be sorry that death has been caused by his act; yet, if he knew that he was likely to cause death, he has caused death voluntarily.
Related Sections
- Section 407: Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
- Section 197: Issuing or signing false certificate
- Section 255: Counterfeiting Government stamp
- Section 219: Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
- Section 247: Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
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