📢 Too many exams? Don’t know which one suits you best? Book Your Free Expert 👉 call Now!

    ⚡ Month End Offer - Flat 52% Off On All Courses! Enroll Now ⚡
    00:00:00 AM Left

    Question

    Which of the following Sections of Indian Penal code

    provided for defences based on this maxim- “ De minimis non curat lex”?                                 
    A S. 95 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B S. 94 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C S. 93 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D No defence based on this maxim in IPC Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    S. 95 incorporates the principles of this maxim which talks about act causing slight harm. This means that a man is not expected to react over triffles. A man with ordinary prudence is not expected to react over acts causing slight harm that is deemed to be triffles. These acts are not complained for by a man of ordinary prudence. As per S. 95. Act causing slight harm.— Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.

    Practice Next
    More Constitutional Law Questions
    ask-question