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Under section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is…

Section 63 clause (vi) fixes the threshold at under eighteen years for the stated conduct. Consent does not change the classification under that age-based clause.

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Under section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is not his wife. Below what statutory age is the act rape regardless of her consent?

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Section 63 clause (vi) fixes the threshold at under eighteen years for the stated conduct.

Consent does not change the classification under that age-based clause.

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Option A

Sixteen is below the threshold but is not the statutory cutoff.

Option B

Seventeen is below the threshold but is not the statutory cutoff.

Option C

Clause (vi) specifies under eighteen, with or without her consent.

Option D

Clause (vi) does not make age alone sufficient when she is eighteen.

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