Section 92 — Punishment for offences of atrocities.

92. Punishment for offences of atrocities.—Whoever,— 

(a) intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a person with disability in any 

place within public view; 

(b) assaults or uses force to any person with disability with intent to dishonour him or outrage the 

modesty of a woman with disability; 

(c) having the actual charge or control over a person with disability voluntarily or knowingly 

denies food or fluids to him or her; 

(d) being in a position to dominate the will of a child or woman with disability and uses that 

position to exploit her sexually; 

(e) voluntarily injures, damages or interferes with the use of any limb or sense or any supporting 

device of a person with disability; 

(f) performs, conducts or directs any medical procedure to be performed on a woman with 

disability which leads to or is likely to lead to termination of pregnancy without her express consent 

except in cases where medical procedure for termination of pregnancy is done in severe cases of 

disability and with the opinion of a registered medical practitioner and also with the consent of the 

guardian of the woman with disability,  

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may 

extend to five years and with fine. 



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