General Exceptions
IPC Section 86 - Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge commit ted by one who is intoxicated
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 86 deals with offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge commit ted by one who is intoxicated.
Full official legal text
86. Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge commit ted by one who is intoxicated
In cases where an act done is not an offence unless done with a particular knowledge or intent, a person
who does the act in a state of intoxication shall be liable to be dealt with as if he had the same knowledge
as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated, unless the thing which intoxicated him was
administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.
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