This section covers act of person incapable of judgement by reason of intoxication in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 23 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, act of person incapable of judgement by reason of intoxication was covered in S. 85.