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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.
Related Sections
- Section 356: Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
- Section 146: Rioting
- Section 457: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 340: Wrongful confinement
- Section 496: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
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