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Which listed provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 expressly fixes a minimum imprisonment term…

Section 311 applies where, while committing robbery or dacoity, the offender uses a deadly weapon, causes grievous hurt, or attempts to cause death or grievous hurt; it…

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Which listed provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 expressly fixes a minimum imprisonment term of seven years?

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Section 311 applies where, while committing robbery or dacoity, the offender uses a deadly weapon, causes grievous hurt, or attempts to cause death or grievous hurt; it fixes a seven-year minimum. The other listed provisions have different punishment structures.

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Option A

The finite imprisonment alternative has a one-year minimum, not seven years.

Option B

Gang rape under section 70(1) has a twenty-year minimum, not seven years.

Option C

Section 311 expressly requires imprisonment not less than seven years.

Option D

Section 316(5) provides life imprisonment or imprisonment up to ten years; it does not prescribe a seven-year minimum.

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