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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a person in charge of a public or private…

Section 200 BNS punishes a person in charge of a hospital who contravenes BNSS 397, with imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both. BNSS 397 requires immediate free…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a person in charge of a public or private hospital for contravening the duty to treat victims in Section 397 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 200 BNS punishes a person in charge of a hospital who contravenes BNSS 397, with imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both. BNSS 397 requires immediate free first-aid or medical treatment for victims of BNS sections 64–68, 70, 71 or 124(1), or POCSO Act sections 4, 6, 8 or 10, and immediate information to the police. The current treatment duty expressly includes those POCSO offences.

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Option A

Section 200 BNS punishes a person in charge of a hospital who contravenes BNSS 397, with imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both.

Option B

Section 199 BNS concerns a public servant’s disobedience of specified legal directions, not the hospital-treatment offence in Section 200.

Option C

Incorrect because Section 72 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) punishes the disclosure of the identity of the victim of certain sexual offences, not non-treatment by hospitals.

Option D

Incorrect because Section 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 376D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) defines and punishes the offence of gang rape, not non-treatment by hospitals.

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