Indian Penal Code
IPC 376DB is now BNS 70(2).
Punishment for gang rape on woman under twelve years of age · BNS 70 brings it together with IPC 376D and 376DA.
Merged
97% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 376DB
Punishment for gang rape on woman under twelve years of age
Where a woman under twelve years of age 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 imprisonment for life,which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and with fine, or with death:
Provided that such fine shall be just and reasonable to meet the medical expenses and rehabilitation of the victim:
Provided further that any fine imposed under this section shall be paid to the victim.
Text from India Code
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 70(2)of section 70
Gang rape.
(2) Where a woman under eighteen years of age 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 imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and with fine, or with death:
Provided that such fine shall be just and reasonable to meet the medical expenses and rehabilitation of the victim:
Provided further that any fine imposed under this sub-section shall be paid to the victim.
Text from India Code