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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.
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- Section 37: Acts against which there is no right of private defence
- Section 192: Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed
- Section 284: Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
- Section 340: Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
- Section 233: Using evidence known to be false
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