IPC 36 — Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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 beating Z. A has committed murder.

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