Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 10

This section covers punishment of person guilty of several offences in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).

Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.

10. 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.

What was the old IPC code for Section 10 of BNS 2023?

In the Indian Penal Code, punishment of person guilty of several offences was covered in S. 72.

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