Under Chapter V of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which pair of sections respectively prescribes…

In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the offence of cruelty by a husband or the relative of the husband of a woman (formerly combined in Section 498A IPC, introduced in 1983) is split into two consecutive provisions: Section 85 prescribes the punishment (imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and fine), and Section 86 defines "cruelty" for the purposes of Section 85. Sections 80 and 81 deal with dowry death and deceitful cohabitation; Sections 82 and 83 deal with bigamy and fraudulent marriage ceremonies; and Sections 87 and 88 deal with kidnapping/abducting a woman to compel marriage and causing miscarriage.