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B.N.S. 2023

Section 62, B.N.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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B.N.S.

Attempt

Attempt is the stage at which a person has started to carry out a crime but has not completed it. Not every unfinished crime is treated alike: some people who stop short of the full offence are guilty of attempt, while others have committed no offence at all. These notes cover why attempt is punish…

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B.N.S. Case compilation

Landmark Cases in the B.N.S.

Key Point: For certain economic laws like FERA, intent (mens rea) is not needed to prove guilt.

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Practice MCQs

5 practice questions test this section.

  1. 1 A truck carrying paddy without a permit is stopped at a barrier that is still well inside the State, several miles before the State boundary. Applying the test laid down by the Supreme Court in Malkiat Singh v. State of...
  2. 2 A, intending to kill Z, buys real poison. Without A's knowledge, A's servant secretly replaces the poison with plain water. A then gives the water to Z to drink. Applying the distinction drawn in Asgar Ali Pradhania v. E...
  3. 3 An offence is punishable with imprisonment up to 10 years, and B.N.S. makes no express provision for an attempt to commit it. Under the general provision on attempt described in the text, what is the maximum imprisonment...
  4. 4 In State of Maharashtra v. Mohammed Yakub, Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy, in his concurring opinion, said that the proximity needed for an attempt is to be measured mainly in relation to what?
  5. 5 Under Section 62 of the B.N.S., an offence is punishable with imprisonment of up to 10 years, and the B.N.S. has no express provision for punishing an attempt to commit it. What is the maximum term of imprisonment for at...
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Official text

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