Whoever has been previously convicted of an offence punishable under section 64 or section 65 or section 66 or section 70 and is subsequently convicted of an offence punishable under any of the said sections shall be punished with imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death.
CHAPTER V OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD · Of sexual offences
Section 71: Punishment for repeat offenders
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Corresponding IPC provision
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
Questions on this section
11 questions in 37 of our papers cite Section 71. Try these from the free papers:
1. Under the proviso to Section 149 of the BSA, in a prosecution for an offence under any of Sections 64 to 71 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or an attempt to commit such an offence, where the question of consent is in issue, it is not permissible to put questions in the cross-examination of the victim as to:
2. Consider the following statements: 1. Section 48 of the BSA, which makes evidence of the character or previous sexual experience of the victim irrelevant on the issue of consent, applies to prosecutions under Sections 64 to 71 and also Sections 74 to 78 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. The proviso to Section 149 of the BSA, which bars questions in the cross-examination of the victim as to general immoral character or previous sexual experience, applies to prosecutions under Sections 64 to 71 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Each of these provisions also applies to a prosecution for an attempt to commit any of the offences it lists. Which of the statements given above are correct?
3. Under the proviso to Section 346(1) of the BNSS, an inquiry or trial relating to an offence under Section 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be completed within: