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Section 5 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is read with punishment…

Section 5 defines the circumstances that make penetrative sexual assault aggravated, and section 6 prescribes the punishment for that aggravated offence, so section 5 is…

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Section 5 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is read with punishment provision under:

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Section 5 defines the circumstances that make penetrative sexual assault aggravated, and section 6 prescribes the punishment for that aggravated offence, so section 5 is read with section 6, not sections 4, 8 or 10, which deal with other offences.

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