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Offender

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Offender, the term 'offender' in section, as rightly held by several High Courts, is confined to the offender who uses any deadly weapon, Shri Phool Kumar v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1975 SC 905 (907): (1975) 1 SCC 797: (1975) 3 SCR 917. (Indian Penal Code, s. 397)

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