BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 86 — Cruelty defined.
Replaces IPC Section 498A Explanat ion.
For the purposes of section 85, “cruelty” means—. (a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman; or. (b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.
Nearby sections
- 83 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
- 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
- 85 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
- 87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
- 88 Causing miscarriage.
- 89 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
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