Which one of the following is NOT an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) contains no offence of adultery. The Supreme Court struck down section 497 of the IPC in Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2018), and…
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Which one of the following is NOT an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) contains no offence of adultery. The Supreme Court struck down section 497 of the IPC in Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2018), and the BNS did not re-enact it.
The other options are current offences in the BNS group "Of offences relating to marriage": marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife (section 82), going through a marriage ceremony fraudulently without lawful marriage (section 83), and enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman (section 84).
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