Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets such act with the intention of disrobing or compelling her to be naked, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
CHAPTER V OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD · Of criminal force and assault against woman
Section 76: Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
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
3 questions in 12 of our papers cite Section 76. Try these from the free papers:
1. 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?
2. Consider the following provisions of the BNS: 1. Section 75 (sexual harassment) 2. Section 76 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe) 3. Section 77 (voyeurism) 4. Section 78 (stalking) Under which of the above can the offence be committed by a person of any gender, because the provision defining it uses 'Whoever' and not 'a man' or 'any man'?