IPC Section 376C - Sexual intercourse by a person in authority

376C. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority. Whoever, being--

(a) in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship; or

(b) a public servant; or

(c) superintendent or manager of a jail, remand home or other place of custody established by or

under any law for the time being in force, or a women's or children's institution; or

(d) on the management of a hospital or being on the staff of a hospital,

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 five years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be

liable to fine.

Explanation 1.-- In this section, "sexual intercourse " shall mean any of the acts mentioned in

clauses (a) to (d) of section 375.

Explanation 2.-- For the purposes of this section, Explanation 1 to section 375 shall also be

applicable.

Explanation 3.-- "Superintendent", in relation to a jail, remand home or other place of custody or

a women's or children's institution, includes a person holding any other office in such jail, remand

home, place or institution by virtue of which such person can exercise any authority or control over

its inmates.

Explanation 4.-- The expressions "hospital" and " women's or childre n's institution" shall

respectively have the same meaning as in Explanation to sub-section (2) of section 376.