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Acid Attack

The explainer discusses the legal provisions in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for the prosecution and punishment of a person committing an acid attack. It also analyses the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 that place an obligation for all hospitals to treat acid attack survivors.1

  1. Section 397, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and Section 397357C, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. [↩]