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Under section 295 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, selling a covered obscene object to a child is…

Section 295 applies to the sale of a covered obscene object to a child. Section 2(3) defines a child as a person below 18 years of age, so a person who has already turned 18…

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Under section 295 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, selling a covered obscene object to a child is an offence. For this provision, a child is someone younger than what age?

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Section 295 applies to the sale of a covered obscene object to a child. Section 2(3) defines a child as a person below 18 years of age, so a person who has already turned 18 is outside the age class in section 295.

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Option A

Fourteen is not the statutory cutoff, although someone younger than 14 is within the protected class.

Option B

Sixteen is not the cutoff; a 16- or 17-year-old also falls within the definition.

Option C

The child definition uses below 18 years of age.

Option D

Twenty was the former cutoff and is not the current child threshold.

Option E

Eighteen is among the choices.

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