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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

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Section 78 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

    Stalking.— (1) Any man who— Provided that such conduct shall not amount to stalking if the man who pursued it proves that— (2) Whoever commits the offence of stalking shall be punished on first conviction… 

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    Section 79 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

      Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.— Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any words, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object in any form,… 

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      Section 80 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

        Dowry death.— (1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that… 

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        Section 81 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

          Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.— Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and… 

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          Section 82 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

            Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.— (1) Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life… 

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            Section 83 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

              Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.— Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment… 

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              Section 84 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

                Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.— Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of… 

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                Section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

                  Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.— Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment… 

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                  Section 86 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

                    Cruelty defined.— For the purposes of section 85, “cruelty” means— (a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury…