BNS66
BNS Section 66: Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
Ch V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child
Gazette p.38
Punishment punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS66. Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.— Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 64 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 376A of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 66, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)