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    Question

    A male Indian citizen (Hindu) with a wife and three

    children in India travels to the United States for advanced education. While in the US, he enters into marriage with an American woman. Upon his return to India, he was charged under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The applicable section under which A was prosecuted was Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860?
    A Section 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Section 4(1) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Section 4(2) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Section 4(3) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Punishment of offences committed within India—Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within India. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences—The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by— (1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India; (2) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be. (3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer resource located in India.

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