BNS §86

Cruelty defined

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BNS §86
Cruelty defined

For the purposes of section 85, "cruelty" means—

(a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman; or

(b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.

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BNS Section 86 (Cruelty defined) was identified by the audit as not appearing in any edge in the current corpus. A predecessor identification (under IPC / CrPC / IEA) has not been completed and requires secondary review. This section may correspond to a pre-existing provision in the old code, may be a structural reorganization, or may be a genuinely new provision. This draft placeholder edge ensures section coverage in the corpus while flagging it for secondary review during the editorial verification pass.

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Newlaws.in, BNS §86 → BNS §86 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-12, https://newlaws.in/bns/86.

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