BNS 2023Chapter XVIIPC: IPC Section 376D
Section 70
Gang Rape
Offences Affecting the Human Body
Plain English Explanation
Gang rape: minimum 20 years imprisonment (real life imprisonment — for the remainder of the person's natural life), plus fine payable to the victim for rehabilitation. All participants are equally guilty regardless of individual role. If victim dies or is left in persistent vegetative state: death penalty. This provision was strengthened after the Nirbhaya case (2012).
Legal Text
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 70
(1) Where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and 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, and with fine.
Keywords
gang rapegroup rapecollective rapeNirbhaya20 yearsdeath penalty
Related Sections
Punishment
Minimum 20 years to life imprisonment (natural life) + fine for victim rehabilitation. Death penalty if victim dies.
IPC Equivalent
IPC Section 376D
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