Section 31 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Communication made in good faith”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
31. Communication made in good faith.—No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person. ¶
Illustration. A, a surgeon, in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion that he cannot live. The patient dies in consequence of the shock. A has committed no offence, though he knew it to be likely that the communication might cause the patient’s death. ¶
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