66. Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 64 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life, or with death.
Section 61 Criminal conspiracy
Section 64 Punishment for rape
Section 65 Punishment for rape in certain cases
Section 66 Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
Section 67 Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
Section 68 Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
Section 69 Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc