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+THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
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+ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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+CHAPTER I
+PRELIMINARY
+SECTIONS
+1. Short title, commencement and application.
+2. Definitions.
+3. General explanations.
+CHAPTER II
+OF PUNISHMENTS (sections 4-13)
+4. Punishments.
+5. Commutation of sentence.
+6. Fractions of terms of punishment.
+7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.
+8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
+9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.
+10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
+11. Solitary confinement.
+12. Limit of solitary confinement.
+13. Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.
+CHAPTER III
+GENERAL EXCEPTIONS(sections 14-33)
+14. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.
+15. Act of Judge when acting judicially.
+16. Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court.
+17. Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law.
+18. Accident in doing a lawful act.
+19. Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm.
+20. Act of a child under seven years of age.
+21. Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding.
+22. Act of a person of unsound mind.
+23. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.
+24. Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated.
+25. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent.
+26. Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit.
+27. Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian.
+28. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception.
+29. Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused.
+30. Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent.
+31. Communication made in good faith.
+32. Act to which a person is compelled by threats.
+33. Act causing slight harm.
+Of right of private defence(sections 34-44)
+34. Things done in private defence.
+35. Right of private defence of body and of property.
+36. Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
+37. Acts against which there is no right of private defence.
+38. When right of private defence of body extends to causing death.
+39. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
+40. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.
+41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.
+42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
+43. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property.
+44. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.
+CHAPTER IV
+OF ABETMENT, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPT, of abetment(sections 45-60)
+45. Abetment of a thing.
+46. Abettor.
+47. Abetment in India of offences outside India.
+48. Abetment outside India for offence in India.
+49. Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
+50. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
+51. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.
+52. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
+53. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor.
+54. Abettor present when offence is committed.
+55. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
+56. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment.
+57. Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.
+58. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
+59. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.
+60. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.
+Of criminal conspiracy(sections 61-61)
+61. Criminal conspiracy.
+Of attempt(sections 62-62)
+62. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment.
+
+CHAPTER V
+
+OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD, Of sexual offences(sections 63-73)
+63. Rape.
+64. Punishment for rape.
+65. Punishment for rape in certain cases.
+66. Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.
+67. Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation.
+68. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority.
+69. Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.
+70. Gang rape.
+71. Punishment for repeat offenders.
+72. Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc.
+73. Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.
+Of criminal force and assault against woman(sections 74-79)
+74. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
+75. Sexual harassment.
+76. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
+77. Voyeurism.
+78. Stalking.
+79. Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.
+Of offences relating to marriage(sections 80-87)
+80. Dowry death.
+81. Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.
+82. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.
+83. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
+84. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
+85. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
+86. Cruelty defined.
+87. Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
+Of causing miscarriage, etc.(sections 88-92)
+88. Causing miscarriage.
+89. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
+90. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
+91. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
+92. Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
+Of offences against child(sections 93-99)
+93. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
+94. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
+95. Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
+96. Procuration of child.
+97. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.
+98. Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
+99. Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
+CHAPTER VI
+OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY, Of offences affecting life(sections 100-113)
+100. Culpable homicide.
+101. Murder.
+102. Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended.
+103. Punishment for murder.
+104. Punishment for murder by life-convict.
+105. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
+106. Causing death by negligence.
+107. Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind.
+108. Abetment of suicide.
+109. Attempt to murder.
+110. Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
+111. Organised crime.
+112. Petty organised crime.
+113. Terrorist act.
+Of hurt (sections 114-125)
+114. Hurt.
+115. Voluntarily causing hurt.
+116. Grievous hurt.
+117. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
+118. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
+119. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
+120. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.
+121. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
+122. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation.
+123. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.
+124. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.
+125. Act endangering life or personal safety of others.
+Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement(sections 126-127)
+126. Wrongful restraint.
+127. Wrongful confinement.
+Of criminal force and assault(sections 128-136)
+128. Force.
+129. Criminal force.
+130. Assault.
+131. Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
+132. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
+133. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation.
+134. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.
+135. Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person.
+136. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.
+Of kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour(sections 137-146)
+137. Kidnapping.
+138. Abduction.
+139. Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging.
+140. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.
+141. Importation of girl or boy from foreign country.
+142. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
+143. Trafficking of person.
+144. Exploitation of a trafficked person.
+145. Habitual dealing in slaves.
+146. Unlawful compulsory labour.
+CHAPTER VII
+OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE(sections 147-158)
+147. Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India.
+148. Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147.
+149. Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India.
+150. Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war.
+151. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
+152. Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
+153. Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India.
+154. Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India.
+155. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.
+156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
+157. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.
+158. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
+CHAPTER VIII
+OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE(sections 159-168)
+159. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty.
+160. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.
+161. Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office.
+162. Abetment of such assault, if assault committed.
+163. Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman.
+164. Harbouring deserter.
+165. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.
+166. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.
+167. Persons subject to certain Acts.
+168. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
+CHAPTER IX
+OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS(sections 169-177)
+169. Candidate, electoral right defined.
+170. Bribery.
+171. Undue influence at elections.
+172. Personation at elections.
+173. Punishment for bribery.
+174. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
+175. False statement in connection with an election.
+176. Illegal payments in connection with an election.
+177. Failure to keep election accounts.
+
+CHAPTER X
+OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN, CURRENCY-NOTES, BANK-NOTES, AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS(sections 178-188)
+178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.
+179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
+180. Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
+181. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
+182. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
+183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.
+184. Using Government stamp known to have been before used.
+185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
+186. Prohibition of fictitious stamps.
+187. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
+188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.
+
+CHAPTER XI
+OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY(sections 189-197)
+189. Unlawful assembly.
+190. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.
+191. Rioting.
+192. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.
+193. Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.
+194. Affray.
+195. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
+196. Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.
+197. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.
+
+CHAPTER XII
+OF OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS(sections 198-205)
+198. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
+199. Public servant disobeying direction under law.
+200. Punishment for non-treatment of victim.
+201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
+202. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
+203. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
+204. Personating a public servant.
+205. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
+
+CHAPTER XIII
+OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS (sections 206-226)
+206. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
+207. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
+208. Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
+209. Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
+210. Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.
+211. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.
+212. Furnishing false information.
+213. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
+214. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
+215. Refusing to sign statement.
+216. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.
+217. False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person.
+218. Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant.
+219. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
+220. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
+221. Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.
+222. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
+223. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.
+224. Threat of injury to public servant.
+225. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
+226. Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.
+
+CHAPTER XIV
+OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE (sections 227-269)
+227. Giving false evidence.
+228. Fabricating false evidence.
+229. Punishment for false evidence.
+230. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.
+231. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.
+232. Threatening any person to give false evidence.
+233. Using evidence known to be false.
+234. Issuing or signing false certificate.
+235. Using as true a certificate known to be false.
+236. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
+237. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
+238. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender.
+239. Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.
+240. Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
+241. Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.
+242. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.
+243. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
+244. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
+245. Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due.
+246. Dishonestly making false claim in Court.
+247. Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due.
+248. False charge of offence made with intent to injure.
+249. Harbouring offender.
+250. Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment.
+251. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.
+252. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
+253. Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.
+254. Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits.
+255. Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
+256. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
+257. Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law.
+258. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.
+259. Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend.
+260. Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed.
+261. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
+262. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.
+263. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person.
+264. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.
+265. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
+266. Violation of condition of remission of punishment.
+267. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.
+268. Personation of assessor.
+269. Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court.
+
+CHAPTER XV
+OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE,DECENCY AND MORALS (sections 270-297)
+
+270. Public nuisance.
+271. Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
+272. Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
+273. Disobedience to quarantine rule.
+274. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale.
+275. Sale of noxious food or drink.
+276. Adulteration of drugs.
+277. Sale of adulterated drugs.
+278. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.
+279. Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.
+280. Making atmosphere noxious to health.
+281. Rash driving or riding on a public way.
+282. Rash navigation of vessel.
+283. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy.
+284. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.
+285. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.
+286. Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance.
+287. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.
+288. Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance.
+289. Negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
+290. Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.
+291. Negligent conduct with respect to animal.
+292. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
+293. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
+294. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
+295. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to child.
+296. Obscene acts and songs.
+297. Keeping lottery office.
+
+CHAPTER XVI
+
+OF OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION(sections 298-302)
+298. Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class.
+299. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
+300. Disturbing religious assembly.
+301. Trespassing on burial places, etc.
+302. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.
+
+CHAPTER XVII
+
+OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY,Of theft(sections 303-307)
+303. Theft.
+304. Snatching.
+305. Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.
+306. Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master.
+307. Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft.
+Of extortion(sections 308-308)
+308. Extortion.
+Of robbery and dacoity(sections 309-313)
+309. Robbery.
+310. Dacoity.
+311. Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
+312. Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.
+313. Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc.
+
+Of criminal misappropriation of property(sections 314-315)
+
+314. Dishonest misappropriation of property.
+315. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
+Of criminal breach of trust(sections 316-316)
+316. Criminal breach of trust.
+Of receiving stolen property(sections 317-317)
+317. Stolen property.
+Of cheating(sections 318-319)
+318. Cheating.
+319. Cheating by personation.
+Of fraudulent deeds and dispositions of property(sections 320-323)
+320. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors.
+321. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors.
+322. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration.
+323. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property.
+Of mischief (sections 324-328)
+324. Mischief.
+325. Mischief by killing or maiming animal.
+326. Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.
+327. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden.
+328. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
+Of criminal trespass(sections 329-334)
+329. Criminal trespass and house-trespass.
+330. House-trespass and housebreaking.
+331. Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking.
+332. House-trespass in order to commit offence.
+333. House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint.
+334. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.
+
+CHAPTER XVIII
+OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS(sections 335-344)
+335. Making a false document.
+336. Forgery.
+337. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.
+338. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
+339. Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.
+340. Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.
+341. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.
+342. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
+343. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
+344. Falsification of accounts.
+Of property marks(sections 345-350)
+345. Property mark.
+346. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
+347. Counterfeiting a property mark.
+348. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
+349. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.
+350. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods.
+CHAPTER XIX
+OF CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT, ANNOYANCE, DEFAMATION, ETC.(sections 351-355)
+351. Criminal intimidation.
+352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.
+353. Statements conducing to public mischief.
+354. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.
+355. Misconduct in public by a drunken person.
+Of defamation(sections 356-356)
+356. Defamation.
+Of breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person(sections 357-357)
+357. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
+CHAPTER XX
+REPEAL AND SAVINGS
+358. Repeal and savings.