IPC Section 376DB — Punishment for gang rape on woman under twelve years of age

Summary

If a woman under twelve years old is raped by one or more people acting together or with a shared plan, each person involved is considered to have committed the rape. Each such person must be sentenced to life imprisonment for the rest of their natural life, along with a fine, or they may be sentenced to death.

Official Text

Where a woman under twelve years of age is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and shall be punished with imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, and with fine, or with death:1

Related Judgments

• S.C.R. 136 SHIMBHU AND ANR v. STATE OF HARYANA — Supreme Court of India (2013)
• S.C.R. 1 1 SHATRUGHNA BABAN MESHRAM v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• S.C.R. 1080 OM PRAKASH v. STATE OF HARYANA — Supreme Court of India (2011)
• S.C.R. 1020 SAUL BALI v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2013)
• POPULAR MUTHIAH v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU JULY 4, 2006 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 662 STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS v. SANYAM LODHA — Supreme Court of India (2011)
• MODERN TERRY TOWEL LTD v. SOLANKI MULJIBHAI REVABHAI HAR — Supreme Court of India (S)
• RAJASTHAN v. HEMRAJ & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2009)