Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 66 :
Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim :
(See section 376A of IPC 1860)
Section : 66
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Person committing an offence of rape and inflicting injury which causes death or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state.
Punishment : Rigorous imprisonment of not less than 20 years but which may extend to imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life or death.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Non-bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable : Court of Session.
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Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 64 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 1860)
Section 376A :
1.[Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim :
(See section 66 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Person committing an offence of rape and inflicting injury which causes death or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state.
Punishment :Rigorous imprisonment of not less than 20 years but which may extend to imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that persons natural life or with death.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Non-bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Court of Session.
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Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section(1) or sub-section(2) of section 376 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that persons natural life, or with death.]
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1. Substituted by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No.13 of 2013).