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A wife gives harbour to her husband who is a deserter from the Armed Forces. Under Section 164 of the…

Under the Exception to Section 164 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the Exception to Section 136 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), the offence of harbouring a…

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A wife gives harbour to her husband who is a deserter from the Armed Forces. Under Section 164 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, she is liable to:

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Under the Exception to Section 164 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the Exception to Section 136 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), the offence of harbouring a deserter does not extend to the case in which the harbour is given by the spouse of the deserter. Therefore, she is liable to "No punishment".

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