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Indian Penal Code, 1860 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 377 IPC - Unnatural offences

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Indian Penal Code, 1860
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377 - Unnatural offences

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- Omitted Consensual acts were decriminalised in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018); Section 377 was not carried into the BNS, leaving non-consensual acts against adult men without a specific equivalent provision.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with unnatural offences.

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