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78.

Which Section of the Indian Penal Code defines the offence of sexual intercourse by a person in authority ?

A: 376-C
B: 376-D
C: 376-B
D: None of the above

The answer is: A

Explanation

The correct option is (A) 376-C.

Section 376-C of the Indian Penal Code defines the offence of sexual intercourse by a person in authority. This section states that whoever, being in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship, abuses such position or fiduciary relationship to induce or seduce any woman either in his custody or under his charge or present in the premises to have sexual intercourse with him, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than 5 years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine