Under section 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where a woman aged eighteen years or above is…

Section 70(1) BNS deems each member of the group, or each person acting in furtherance of a common intention, to have committed rape, and prescribes rigorous imprisonment of not less than twenty years, which may extend to imprisonment for life meaning imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and fine. The fine must be just and reasonable to meet the victim's medical expenses and rehabilitation, and is paid to the victim (formerly s.376D IPC).

Ten years to life with fine is the general punishment for rape under section 64(1). Imprisonment for the remainder of natural life with fine, or death, is prescribed by section 70(2) where the woman is under eighteen years of age. Seven to ten years is not the punishment for gang rape.