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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a public servant has sex with a woman while in his custody.…

BNS s.68 punishes a public servant who has sexual intercourse with a woman in his custody in circumstances not amounting to rape, prescribing rigorous imprisonment of not…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a public servant has sex with a woman while in his custody. This sex does not come in the category of rape. What is the maximum punishment provided in such cases for such public servant?

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BNS s.68 punishes a public servant who has sexual intercourse with a woman in his custody in circumstances not amounting to rape, prescribing rigorous imprisonment of not less than five years, extendable up to ten years, so ten years is the maximum.

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