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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 16: Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court
- Section 250: Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
- Section 313: Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
- Section 235: Using as true a Certificate known to be false
- Section 40: Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body
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