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Section 74 BNS — Sexual harassment

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 27

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74.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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