Q. Under Section 377 of IPC, which acts are punishable?

आईपीसी की धारा 377 के तहत कौन से कार्य दंडनीय हैं?

Only homosexual acts
केवल समलैंगिक कृत्य

Only acts with animals
केवल जानवरों के साथ काम करता है

Carnal intercourse against the order of nature
प्रकृति की व्यवस्था के विरुद्ध कामुक संभोग

Only non-consensual acts
केवल गैर-सहमति वाले कार्य

Section 377 (before 2018) criminalized:

But after Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018), consensual sexual acts between adults, regardless of gender, were decriminalized.

Now, Section 377 applies only to non-consensual acts or acts involving animals.

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