IPC Section 375
Rape (definition)
BNS Section 63— Rape
Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the IPC.
Defines the offence of rape by specifying four categories of penetrative or oral sexual acts committed by a man against a woman under any of seven enumerated circumstances, including without consent, under fear, fraud, or where the woman is under 18 or unable to communicate consent. Consent is defined as an unequivocal voluntary agreement, and mere absence of physical resistance does not constitute consent.
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