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- Doctors will not be exempted from imprisonment if their negligent actions lead to the death of their patient.
- Currently, under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the punishment for causing death by negligence is two years imprisonment and fine or both.
- The BNSS, which will replace the IPC, increases the punishment for such acts to five years.
- But it specifies that doctors will still get the lower punishment of two years jail time if convicted.
- Doctors, however, are already protected from criminal proceedings in deaths resulting from actions done in good faith for the benefit of the patient with their consent.
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