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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, applies when an offender inflicts an injury in…

Section 66 applies when the offender inflicts an injury in the course of a rape punishable under section 64(1) or (2). The injury must cause the woman’s death or put her in…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, applies when an offender inflicts an injury in the course of committing rape punishable under section 64 and that injury causes the woman’s death or a persistent vegetative state?

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Section 66 applies when the offender inflicts an injury in the course of a rape punishable under section 64(1) or (2).

The injury must cause the woman’s death or put her in a persistent vegetative state.

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Option A

Section 67 concerns non-consensual sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife during separation.

Option B

Section 68 concerns sexual intercourse by a person in authority through abuse of that position or relationship in circumstances that do not amount to rape.

Option C

Section 70 concerns gang rape.

Option D

Section 66 addresses the specified injury and resulting death or persistent vegetative state during rape punishable under section 64.

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