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Punishment for offence committed under section 365B, as provided in P.P.C. is__________________?

Correct answer: C. Imprisonment for life

  • A. Imprisonment for fifteen years
  • B. Imprisonment for twenty years
  • C. Imprisonment for life
  • D. None of these

Explanation

Section 365-B PPC concerns kidnapping or abduction of a woman for specified unlawful purposes and prescribes imprisonment for life, in addition to possible fine. It does not prescribe a fixed term of fifteen or twenty years.

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