Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides for punishment in case of a woman…

Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 498A IPC) punishes a husband or his relative who subjects a woman to cruelty. The definition of cruelty in section 86 includes specified serious wilful conduct and harassment connected with unlawful demands for property or valuable security. It is not a general provision for every unpleasant interaction: the conduct must meet the statutory definition. Sections 83, 84 and 87 deal with a marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through, enticing or detaining a married woman, and kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage.