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What is the status of the doctrine of Mens Rea under the Indian Penal Code, 1860?
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- 1The doctrine applies strictly to statutory offences outside the IPC only.
- 2The doctrine applies to those offences where the drafters imported it using specific terms indicating guilty intent.✓
- 3The doctrine has no application under the IPC because every offence is defined without intent.
- 4The doctrine applies universally to all offences under the IPC without exception.
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The doctrine applies to those offences where the drafters imported it using specific terms indicating guilty intent.
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