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Section 74 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Of criminal force and assault against woman
74. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 267: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
- Section 53: Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor
- Section 256: Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 296: Obscene acts and songs
- Section 195: Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
Related Acts
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2015
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
- National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Act, 2021
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