INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused
23. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused
against his will.
85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of
intoxication caused against his will.--Nothing is an offence which is
done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of
intoxication, incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he
is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law: provided that the
thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his
knowledge or against his will.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
23. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.—
Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication,
incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law;
provided that the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against
his will.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023