| OFFENCES |
C / NC |
PUNISHMENT |
| MISCARRIAGE |
| Causing miscarriage |
NC |
3 - 7 yrs |
| Causing miscarriage without consent |
C |
Life or 10 yrs |
| Death caused while causing miscarriage without woman's consent |
C |
10 yrs or life |
| Act done to prevent child bring born alive or to cause it to be after birth |
C |
10 yrs |
| KIDNAPPING |
| Kidnapping |
C |
7 yrs |
| Kidnapping women to compel marriage, seduced to illicit inter course |
C |
10 yrs |
| Procuration of minor girl under 18 years |
C |
10 yrs |
| Importation of girl |
C |
10 yrs |
| Sexual assault |
| Punishment for rape |
C |
7-10 yrs or life time |
| Intercourse by a man with him during separation |
C |
2 yrs & fine |
| Intercourse by public servant with woman in his custody |
C |
5 yrs & fine |
| Intercourse by Superintendent of jail, remand home, etc |
C |
5 yrs & fine |
| Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital |
C |
5 yrs & fine |
| Unnatural offences -carnal intercourse |
C |
Life or 10 yrs |
| Marriage |
| Cohabitation caused by deceitfully inducing her under belief of lawful marriage |
NC |
10 yrs |
| Marrying again during lifetime of wife (away for 7 yrs) |
C |
7 yrs |
| Going through unlawful marriage ceremony |
C |
7 yrs |
| Enticing, detaining a woman with criminal intention |
C |
2 yrs |
| Cruelty |
| Abetment of suicide |
C |
10 yrs & fine |
| Cruelty by husband or relatives - mental or physical |
C |
3 yrs |
| Use of indecent language or behave in a disorderly manner in a public street / place |
Cognizable if committed in presence of police |
Fine - Rs. 100 |
| Modesty |
| Outraging modesty, use of criminal force with intention to outrage her modesty |
C |
2 yrs |
| Outraging modesty by uttering gesture, sound |
C |
1 yr |
| Dowry harassment |
| Dowry death |
C |
7 yrs - life |
| Penalty for giving or taking dowry |
C |
5 yrs & fine |
| Penalty for demanding dowry |
C |
6 mth - 2 yrs & fine |
| Immoral traffic |
| Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution |
C |
2 yrs or fine or both |
| Procuring inducing or taking woman or girl for the sake of prostitution |
C |
3 - 7 yrs & fine |
| Detaining a woman or girl in premises where prostitution is carried on |
C |
7 - 10 yrs & fine |
| Seduction of a woman or girl in custody |
C |
7 yrs or life & fines |
