This section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 carries forward the provision that was originally…

"Section 85 of BNS" (formerly section 498A IPC, inserted in 1983 to address cruelty to women by the husband or his relatives, particularly in the context of dowry demands and dowry deaths) punishes such cruelty with imprisonment up to three years and fine. Cruelty is defined in Section 86 to include wilful conduct likely to drive the woman to suicide or cause grave injury, and harassment to coerce unlawful demands for property. Section 96 deals with procuration of a child, Section 344 with falsification of accounts and Section 178 with counterfeiting currency-notes and bank-notes.