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Section 294 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides for punishment for sale, etc. of obscene…

For section 295 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the relevant person is a child, which section 2(3) defines as a person below the age of eighteen years. The former…

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Section 294 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides for punishment for sale, etc. of obscene books, etc., and provides for imprisonment of up to two years for a first-time offender. Section 295 however applies in a situation when sale etc. of obscene objects is made to a child. An enhanced punishment of imprisonment of up to 3 years for a first-time offender is provided for. In this context, what is the meaning of a child?

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For section 295 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the relevant person is a child, which section 2(3) defines as a person below the age of eighteen years. The former section 293 IPC instead protected a "young person" under twenty years; that higher threshold no longer applies. The thresholds of twelve and sixteen do not reproduce this provision.

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