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Under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which relationship brings an offender within the…

Section 85 specifies the husband or a relative of the husband as the offender. Section 86 defines the requisite cruelty. Relationship alone, without that conduct, does not…

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Under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which relationship brings an offender within the particular provision penalising subjecting a woman to cruelty?

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Section 85 specifies the husband or a relative of the husband as the offender. Section 86 defines the requisite cruelty. Relationship alone, without that conduct, does not establish the offence.

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Option A

The provision expressly specifies the husband or a relative of the husband.

Option B

Mere acquaintance is insufficient for this particular offence.

Option C

The particular provision does not apply to every person regardless of relationship.

Option D

The statute does not restrict the offence to the woman's biological parents.

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