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Section 72 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
72. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences, he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided if the same punishment is not provided for all.
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- Section 75: Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction
- Section 35: When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
- Section 375: Rape
- Section 137: Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
- Section 498A: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
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