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Punishment for Repeating the Crime

Last updated on Oct 3, 2024

If someone has been previously held guilty for the crime of rape/gang rape, and they are subsequently held guilty for rape/gang rape again, they are punishable with life imprisonment (imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life) or death.1

  1. Section 71, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [↩]

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