Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
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Summary
When a person, while committing the related offence, inflicts an injury that causes the woman’s death or leaves her in a persistent vegetative state, the offender faces a very severe penalty. Punishment is rigorous imprisonment for at least 20 years, which may extend to life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life, or death.
Example
Karan assaults Priya during the commission of an offence covered by the related provision and Priya later dies from the injuries. Karan can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of not less than 20 years, which may be extended to life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, or to death.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, 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.
BNSS Classification
- Rigorous imprisonment for not less than 20 years but which may extend to imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life or death.
- Cognizable
- Non-bailable
- Triable by Court of Session
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