BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 85 — Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
Replaces IPC Section 498A.
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.
Nearby sections
- 82 Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.
- 83 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
- 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
- 86 Cruelty defined.
- 87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
- 88 Causing miscarriage.
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