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An adult woman is raped by one or more persons acting as a group or in furtherance of a common…

Section 70(1) supplies the general gang rape rule. If one or more persons in the group or acting in furtherance of the common intention rape the woman, each is deemed to…

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An adult woman is raped by one or more persons acting as a group or in furtherance of a common intention. Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, deems each of those persons to have committed the offence of rape?

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Section 70(1) supplies the general gang rape rule. If one or more persons in the group or acting in furtherance of the common intention rape the woman, each is deemed to have committed the offence of rape.

Section 70(2) provides a separate punishment rule for gang rape of a woman under eighteen. The question specifies an adult.

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Option A

Section 64 states the punishment for rape, including specified aggravated cases. The group attribution rule is in section 70.

Option B

Section 70(1) supplies the general gang rape rule, including attribution to each participant.

Option C

Section 66 concerns rape that causes death or a persistent vegetative state.

Option D

Section 71 concerns punishment for specified repeat offenders.

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