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Law of Crimes · Unit 6

Offences Against Women and Children

Unit 6 of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) (syllabus: Module 2.3 - BNS ss. 63-99). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.

What this unit covers

  • There is no eyewitness and no medical corroboration. Can a rape conviction rest on the prosecutrix's evidence alone?
  • The husband's family kept demanding money and the wife's health broke down. Which offence is that, and what counts as 'cruelty'?

Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.

Provisions

Leading cases

Full case summaries

Exam questions on this unit