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B, an adult man, and G, an adult woman, consensually have intercourse in G’s private bedroom. G…

BNS section 77 explanation 2 distinguishes consent to capture a private image from consent to disseminate it to third persons. Recording consent does not authorize showing…

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B, an adult man, and G, an adult woman, consensually have intercourse in G’s private bedroom. G consents to B recording it but expressly refuses consent to showing the clip to anyone else. B nevertheless shows it privately to his friend F. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, this amounts to:

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BNS section 77 explanation 2 distinguishes consent to capture a private image from consent to disseminate it to third persons. Recording consent does not authorize showing it to a friend where dissemination was not consented to. On the stated facts this is voyeurism, not stalking or rape.

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Option A

No repeated pursuit, unwanted contact or electronic monitoring constituting stalking is stated.

Option B

Section 77 explanation 2 criminalizes dissemination without sharing consent even if capture was consensual.

Option C

Consensual adult intercourse does not become rape through later nonconsensual disclosure.

Option D

The expressly nonconsensual dissemination satisfies the voyeurism alternative.

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