Which Section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines 'cruelty'?

Section 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines cruelty for the offence in section 85 (formerly the Explanation to section 498A IPC). It covers the specified wilful conduct likely to drive the woman to suicide or cause grave injury or danger, and harassment linked to an unlawful demand for property or valuable security. It is not a definition making every domestic disagreement criminal cruelty.

Section 80 deals with dowry death, section 66 with causing death or a persistent vegetative state of the victim in the course of rape, and section 134 with assault or criminal force in an attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.