This section covers assault or criminal force to woman to outrage her modesty in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Of criminal force and assault against woman. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 74 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, assault or criminal force to woman to outrage her modesty was covered in S. 354.