BNS Section 74 — Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
74. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.—Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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