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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 39

"VOLUNTARILY" A person is said to cause an effect "voluntarily" when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 39 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - "VOLUNTARILY" A person is said to cause an effect "voluntarily" when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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SECTION 39: "VOLUNTARILY" A person is said to cause an effect "voluntarily" when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause it , or by means which, at the time of employing those means, he knew or had reason to believe to be likely to cause it. Illustration A sets fire, by night to an inhabited house in a large to town , for the purpose of facilitatinga robbery and thus causes the death of a person.Here, A may not have intended to cause death, and may even be sorry that death has been caused by his act; yet, if he knew that he has caused death, he has caused death, voluntarily. COMMENTS Done by design or intention, intentional and not accidental, without coercion, free choice, free will, without any compulsion.

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