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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following offences does a sentence of…

Under Sections 66 and 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Sections 376A and 376D IPC), for gang rape and rape resulting in death or a persistent vegetative…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following offences does a sentence of "imprisonment for life" statutorily mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life (with a mandatory minimum of twenty years' rigorous imprisonment)?

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Under Sections 66 and 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Sections 376A and 376D IPC), for gang rape and rape resulting in death or a persistent vegetative state, the statute prescribes rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than twenty years, which may extend to imprisonment for life—expressly defined as "imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life"—or with death. By contrast, Section 103(1) BNS (murder) and Section 152 BNS (acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India) do not attach the statutory "remainder of that person's natural life" definition to life imprisonment.

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