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Which of the following sections of IPC deals with homosexuallity. 

Option: 1

Section 377


Option: 2

Section 378


Option: 3

Section 376


Option: 4

Section 340


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Section 377 of of IPC defines unnatural offences as whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.On 6 September, 2018, the Supreme Court India ruled that the application of this section to consensual homosexxual sex between the adulats was unconstitutional, irrational, indefensible and manifestly srbitrary. But, that section 377 reamins in frce relating to sex with minors, non consenual sexual acts and bestiality. Hence, the correct option is a. 

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