Section 5 • THE ASSAM WITCH HUNTING (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION) ACT, 2015
Section 5. Punishment for causing death
Whoever, assaults or uses criminal force or causes assault or use of criminal force against a person accusing him/her to be a witch, resulting in his/her death, shall be punished in accordance with section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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