According to the Indian Penal Code, which of the following conclusions would be correct?

1. A hits Z fifty times with a stick. If the punishment for a strike is 1 year, then A will be punished with 50 years of imprisonment.

2. When A is hitting Z, Y intervenes and A deliberately kills Y as well. A is liable to one punishment for voluntarily causing hurt to Z and another punishment for killing Y.

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UP Police SI (दरोगा) Previous Paper 11 (Held On: 13 Dec 2017 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Only 2.

Key Points

Indian Penal Code, which is the official criminal code covering all aspects of criminal law.
Section 71:
- It is a good safeguard to ensure offenders get punished for their crime within reason, and sets a limit of punishment for an offence made up of several offences.
- It also does not restrict the extent of the punishment to the lower limit provided for either of the two offences.
- The offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of such his offences,

Important Points

Indian Penal Code:
- The Indian Penal Code is the official criminal code of the Republic of India.
- It is a complete code intended to cover all aspects of criminal law.
- It came into force in 1862 in all British Presidencies.
- The first draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission, chaired by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- IPC is sub-divided into 23 chapters that comprise 511 sections.