General Exceptions
IPC Section 85 - Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxic ation caused against his will
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 85 deals with act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxic ation caused against his will.
Full official legal text
85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxic ation caused against his will
Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication,
incapable of knowing the n ature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to
law: provided that the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or
against his will.
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