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Where a woman is gang raped, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of…

Section 376D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 punishes each person in a group that commits rape on a woman with "rigorous imprisonment not less than twenty years", which may…

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Where a woman is gang raped, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and shall be punished with:

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Section 376D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 punishes each person in a group that commits rape on a woman with "rigorous imprisonment not less than twenty years", which may extend to imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and fine. Seven and ten years are minimum terms found in other rape provisions, not in section 376D, and death is not prescribed for gang rape of an adult woman.

Current law: section 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes the same punishment.

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