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The offence of cruelty in Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes subjecting a woman…

Section 85 of the BNS identifies the offender as the woman's husband or a relative of her husband. A member of her own family may fall within it if also related to her…

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The offence of cruelty in Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes subjecting a woman to cruelty by

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Section 85 of the BNS identifies the offender as the woman's husband or a relative of her husband. A member of her own family may fall within it if also related to her husband in the legally relevant sense; parental relationship by itself does not satisfy the provision. Section 86 defines the required cruelty.

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