BNS Section 68 – Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
Chapter 5: Offences Against Women and Children ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 68
IPC S.376C
🔒 Non-Bailable
🔍 Cognizable
⚖ Court of Session
Whoever being in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship or a public servant or superintendent of jail or on the management of a hospital abuses such position to induce or seduce any woman in his custody to have sexual intercourse with him such sexual intercourse not amounting to rape shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than five years but which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
RI 5-10 years and fine. Cognizable. Non-bailable. Triable by Court of Session.
