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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 253: Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
- Section 51: Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
- Section 354: Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
- Section 199: Public servant disobeying direction under law
- Section 325: Mischief by killing or maiming animal
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