IPC Section 376D — Gang Rape
sexual offences
Criminal
Punishment
As the section puts it: “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 persons natural life, and with fine”
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;
Referred to by
- CrPC §26 — Courts by which offences are triable
- CrPC §154 — Information in cognizable cases
- CrPC §161 — Examination of witnesses by police
- CrPC §173 — Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- CrPC §327 — Court to be open
- CrPC §360 — Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
- IPC §166A — Public Servant disobeying direction under Law
- IPC §376E — Punishment for repeat offenders
Old <-> New Code Mapping
- BNS §70 — Gang rape
