DC-0106Doctrines · Criminal · Wanted
Necessity as a Criminal Defence
Scope
Harm done without criminal intent to avoid a greater harm, and why it has never excused the taking of an innocent life.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Penal Code, 1860, § 81 (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, § 19)
- R v. Dudley and Stephens, (1884) 14 QBD 273
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