BNS Section 85 — Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
85. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.—Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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