BNS Section 76 — Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
Section 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
76. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.—Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets such act with the intention of disrobing or compelling her to be naked, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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