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Indian Penal Code, 1860

IPC Section 498A in BNS

§ 498A IPC§ 85 BNS

Husband or relative of husband subjecting a woman to cruelty. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Husband or relative of husband subjecting a woman to cruelty) corresponds to Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.

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Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.

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