Section 10N/APUNISHMENT
Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
Full Text
In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided if the same punishment is not provided for all.
Plain English Summary
If guilty of multiple offences but uncertain which, the lowest punishment among them applies.
Punishment
Lowest of suspected offences
Practical Note
Legal safeguard to ensure fairness when specific charge is unclear but guilt is certain.
हिंदी पाठ
उन सब दशाओं में, जिनमें कि निर्णय में यह दिया गया है कि कोई व्यक्ति निर्णय में विनिर्दिष्ट कई अपराधों में से एक का दोषी है, किन्तु यह संदेहपूर्ण है कि उन अपराधों में से वह किस अपराध का दोषी है, यदि वही दण्ड सब के लिए विहित नहीं है, तो अपराधी उस अपराध के लिए दण्डित किया जाएगा जिसके लिए कम से कम दण्ड विहित है।