Indian Penal Code, 1860

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Sections	Particulars
Chapter III	Of Punishments
72	Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
Description	In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences, he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided if the same punishment is not provided for all.