IPC Section 376D — Gang Rape

sexual offences

Criminal

Summary

If a woman is raped by one or more people acting together as a group or with a shared plan, each person involved is considered to have committed the rape. Each such person must be punished with at least twenty years of rigorous imprisonment, which can be extended to imprisonment for the rest of their natural life, and they must also pay a fine.

Official Text

Where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, each of those persons1 shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, and with fine;

Related Judgments

  • CASE DETAILS BHAGWAN SINGH v. DILIP KUMAR — Supreme Court of India (2023)
  • : Petitioner vs 1. The District Collector cum District Magistrate — Madras High Court ()
  • S.C.R. 907 MOHD. HAROON & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2014)
  • ... PETITIONER vs 1 THE UNION OF INDIA, — Madras High Court ()
  • SARY A SHRAMIK SANGH v. MIS. INDIAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. LTD. AND ORS. OCTOBER 28, 2003 — Supreme Court of India (S)
  • S.C.R. 1 1 BHAGWANI v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2022)
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1821 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • INSC 698 1083 CASE DETAILS DINGANGLUNG GANGMEI v. MUTUM CHURAMANI MEETEI & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2023)

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