IPC § 376A · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 376A IPC — Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 66 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 66 — Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 64 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 66 in full