General Explanations
IPC Section 36 - Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 36 deals with effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.
Full official legal text
36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission. Wherever the causing of a certain effect,
or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the
causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
Illustration
A intentionally causes Z's death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and party by bea ting Z. A has committed
murder.
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