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Section 66 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
66. Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.
Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 64 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, or with death.
Related Sections
- Section 158: Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
- Section 307: Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft
- Section 346: Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
- Section 264: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for
- Section 75: Sexual harassment
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