Under section 85 a person will be exonerated from liability for doing an act in a state of intoxicat...........

Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 General Exceptions

Under section 85, a person will be exonerated from liability for doing an act in a state of intoxication if he at the time of doing it, by reason of intoxication, was –

Incapable of knowing the nature of the act

That he was doing what was either wrong or contrary to law

Either (a) or (b)

Both (a) and (b)

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Explanation:

Section 85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will. Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication, incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law; provided that the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.