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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes life imprisonment for the remainder of…

Section 70(2) applies when a woman under eighteen is raped by one or more members of a group or persons acting in furtherance of a common intention. Each is deemed to have…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life and a fine, or death, for gang rape of a woman under eighteen?

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Section 70(2) applies when a woman under eighteen is raped by one or more members of a group or persons acting in furtherance of a common intention. Each is deemed to have committed rape and is punishable with life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life and a fine, or death.

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Section 70(2) prescribes that punishment for gang rape of a woman under eighteen.

Option B

Section 66 concerns an injury inflicted in the course of rape that causes death or a persistent vegetative state.

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Section 68 concerns abuse of authority or a fiduciary relationship to induce sexual intercourse that does not amount to rape.

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Section 71 prescribes punishment for specified repeat sexual offenders.

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