General Exceptions
IPC Section 93 - Communication made in good faith
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 93 deals with communication made in good faith.
Full official legal text
93. Communication made in good faith. No communication made in good faith is an offence by
reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person.
Illustration
A, a surgeon, in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion that he cannot live. The patient dies in consequence of the
shock. A has committed no offence, though he knew it to be likely that the communication might cause the patient's death.
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