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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 31: A will
- Section 387: Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
- Section 203: Giving false information respecting an offence committed
- Section 406: Punishment for criminal breach of trust
- Section 250: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
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