MCQ
Q.
Which of the following IPC's is applicable if during an offense of rape death of the women is caused?
Correct Answer: A
- IPC Section 376 A Whoever commits an offense rape(under section 376) and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state.
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Law/Act Description IPC Section 376 - Whoever commits rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
- Whoever being a police officer, public servant, member of the armed forces, the management or on the staff of a jail, the management or on the staff of a hospital, being a relative, guardian or teacher of, or a person in a position of trust or authority towards the woman, commits rape shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, and shall also be liable to fine.
- Whoever commits rape on a woman under sixteen years of age shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, and shall also be liable to fine
IPC Section 376 A - Whoever commits an offense punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death.
IPC Section 376 B - Whoever has sexual intercourse with his own wife, who is living separately, whether under a decree of separation or otherwise, without her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
IPC Section 376 C -
Whoever is in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship; or a public servant; or superintendent or manager of a jail, remand home or another place of custody established by or under any law for the time being in force, or a women’s or children’s institution; or
on the management of a hospital or being on the staff of a hospital, abuses such position or fiduciary relationship to induce or seduce any woman either in his custody or under his charge or present in the premises to have sexual intercourse with him, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than 5 years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
IPC Section 376 D - 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
IPC Section 376 E - Whoever has been previously convicted of an offense punishable under section 376 or section 376A or section1 376AB or section 376D or section 376DA or section 376DB and is subsequently convicted of an offense 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.
