BNS Section 23 — Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
Section 23 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
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. ¶
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