UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC highlights lapses in safeguarding survivors’ identities
Q1. Under Section 72 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the maximum term of imprisonment for disclosing the identity of a victim of a sexual offence is:
- A. One year
- B. Two years
- C. Three years
- D. Seven years
Q2. Which one of the following 2023 enactments is the principal statute that re-enacted the erstwhile Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code as its Section 72, criminalising disclosure of a survivor's identity?
- A. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- B. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- C. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- D. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2023
Q3. Disclosure of the identity of a victim of a sexual offence is criminalised under which one of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
- A. Section 63
- B. Section 70
- C. Section 72
- D. Section 74
Q4. Consider the following offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023:
1. Rape (Section 64).
2. Gang rape (Section 70).
3. Acid attack causing hurt (Section 124).
4. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority by deceitful means (Section 69).
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as offences whose victim's identity is protected from disclosure under Section 72 BNS?
- Rape (Section 64).
- Gang rape (Section 70).
- Acid attack causing hurt (Section 124).
- Sexual intercourse by a person in authority by deceitful means (Section 69).
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 3 and 4