This section covers cruelty by husband or relative in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty. Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 85 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, cruelty by husband or relative was covered in S. 498A.