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Offences Against Women & Children

Key Structural Changes:

The BNS has prioritized these crimes by moving them to Chapter V. A major addition is Section 69, which criminalizes sexual intercourse by deceitful means (promise to marry). The definitions of sexual assault have been consolidated, and "Cruelty by Husband" (IPC 498A) is now BNS 85 & 86.

IPC 376 → BNS 64 Punishment for Rape IPC 376D → BNS 70 Gang Rape Penalties NEW → BNS 69 Intercourse by Deceitful Means IPC 354 → BNS 74 Outraging Modesty IPC 354C → BNS 77 Voyeurism IPC 509 → BNS 79 Word/Gesture to Insult Modesty IPC 498A → BNS 85 Cruelty by Husband/Relatives IPC 304B → BNS 80 Dowry Death IPC 312 → BNS 88 Causing Miscarriage