Section 70(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pertains to

Section 70(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with gang rape of a woman under eighteen years of age (formerly s.376DA IPC, which covered a woman under sixteen). Each person in the group, or acting in furtherance of a common intention, is deemed to have committed rape and is punishable with imprisonment for life, meaning the remainder of that person's natural life, and fine, or with death. Section 70(1) deals with gang rape generally.

Rape of a woman under twelve years of age is punished under s.65(2); causing death or a persistent vegetative state of the victim in the course of rape under s.66; and sexual intercourse by a person in authority under s.68.