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Accidental

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Accidental, an effect is said to be accidental when the act is not done with the intention of causing it, and its occurrence as a consequence of such act is not so probable that a person of ordinary prudence ought, under the circumstances in which it is done, to take reasonable precautions against it, Sukhdev Singh v. Delhi State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi), (2003) 7 SCC 441 (446). (Indian Penal Code, s. 80)

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