IPC Section 376
Punishment for rape
BNS Section 64— Punishment for 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.
Prescribes punishment for rape, with a basic punishment of rigorous imprisonment of not less than 10 years extendable to life, and an enhanced punishment of rigorous imprisonment for the remainder of natural life for aggravated categories such as rape by police officers, public servants, armed forces personnel, jail/hospital staff, relatives, during communal violence, on pregnant or disabled women, or repeated rape.
- Punishment
- Sub-section (1): Rigorous imprisonment not less than 10 years, extendable to life, and fine. Sub-section (2) (aggravated categories): Rigorous imprisonment not less than 10 years, extendable to imprisonment for the remainder of natural life, and fine.
- Triable by
- Sessions Court
- Cognizable
- Yes
- Bailable
- No
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