The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

S.111 Organised crime.

S.112 Petty organised crime.

S.113 Terrorist act.

S.114 Hurt.

S.115 Voluntarily causing hurt.

S.116 Grievous hurt.

S.117 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.

S.118 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.

S.119 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.

S.120 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.

S.121 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.

S.122 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation.

S.123 Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.

S.124 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.

S.125 Act endangering life or personal safety of others.

S.126 Wrongful restraint.

S.127 Wrongful confinement.

S.128 Force.

S.129 Criminal force.

S.130 Assault.

S.131 Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.

S.132 Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.

S.133 Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation.

S.134 Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.

S.135 Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person.

S.136 Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.

S.137 Kidnapping.

S.138 Abduction.

S.139 Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging.

S.140 Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.

S.141 Importation of girl or boy from foreign country.

S.142 Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.

S.143 Trafficking of person.

S.144 Exploitation of a trafficked person.

S.145 Habitual dealing in slaves.

S.146 Unlawful compulsory labour.

S.147 Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India.

S.148 Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147.

S.149 Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India.

S.150 Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war.

S.151 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.

S.152 Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

S.153 Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India.

S.154 Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India.

S.155 Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.

S.156 Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.

S.157 Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.

S.158 Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.

S.159 Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty.

S.160 Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.

S.161 Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office.

S.162 Abetment of such assault, if assault committed.

S.163 Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman.

S.164 Harbouring deserter.

S.165 Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.

S.215 Refusing to sign statement.

S.216 False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.

S.217 False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person.

S.218 Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant.

S.219 Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.

S.220 Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.

S.221 Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.

S.222 Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.

S.223 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.

S.224 Threat of injury to public servant.

S.225 Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.

S.226 Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.

S.227 Giving false evidence.

S.228 Fabricating false evidence.

S.229 Punishment for false evidence.

S.230 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.

S.231 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.

S.232 Threatening any person to give false evidence.

S.233 Using evidence known to be false.

S.234 Issuing or signing false certificate.

S.235 Using as true a certificate known to be false.

S.236 False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.

S.237 Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.

S.238 Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender.

S.239 Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.

S.240 Giving false information respecting an offence committed.

S.241 Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.

S.242 False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.

S.243 Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.

S.244 Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.

S.245 Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due.

S.246 Dishonestly making false claim in Court.

S.247 Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due.

S.104 Punishment for murder by life-convict.

S.105 Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

S.166 Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.

S.167 Persons subject to certain Acts.

S.168 Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.

S.169 Candidate, electoral right defined.

S.170 Bribery.

S.171 Undue influence at elections.

S.172 Personation at elections.

S.173 Punishment for bribery.

S.174 Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.

S.175 False statement in connection with an election.

S.176 Illegal payments in connection with an election.

S.177 Failure to keep election accounts.

S.178 Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.

S.179 Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.

S.180 Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.

S.181 Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.

S.182 Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.

S.183 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.

S.184 Using Government stamp known to have been before used.

S.185 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.

S.186 Prohibition of fictitious stamps.

S.187 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.

S.188 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.

S.189 Unlawful assembly.

S.190 Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.

S.191 Rioting.

S.192 Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.

S.193 Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.

S.194 Affray.

S.195 Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

S.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.

S.197 Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.

S.198 Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.

S.199 Public servant disobeying direction under law.

S.200 Punishment for non-treatment of victim.

S.201 Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.

S.202 Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.

S.203 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.

S.204 Personating a public servant.

S.205 Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.

S.206 Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.

S.207 Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.

S.208 Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.

S.209 Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

S.210 Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it

S.211 Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.

S.212 Furnishing false information.

S.213 Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.

S.214 Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.

S.103 Punishment for murder.

S.69 Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.

S.3 General explanations.

S.1 Short title, commencement and application.

S.2 Definitions.

S.4 Punishments.

S.5 Commutation of sentence.

S.6 Fractions of terms of punishment.

S.7 Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.

S.8 Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.

S.9 Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.

S.10 Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.

S.11 Solitary confinement.

S.12 Limit of solitary confinement.

S.13 Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.

S.14 Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.

S.15 Act of Judge when acting judicially.

S.16 Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court.

S.17 Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law.

S.18 Accident in doing a lawful act.

S.19 Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm.

S.20 Act of a child under seven years of age.

S.21 Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding.

S.22 Act of a person of unsound mind.

S.23 Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.

S.24 Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated.

S.25 Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent.

S.26 Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit.

S.27 Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian.

S.28 Consent known to be given under fear or misconception.

S.29 Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused.

S.30 Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent.

S.31 Communication made in good faith.

S.32 Act to which a person is compelled by threats.

S.33 Act causing slight harm.

S.34 Things done in private defence.

S.35 Right of private defence of body and of property.

S.36 Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.

S.37 Acts against which there is no right of private defence.

S.38 When right of private defence of body extends to causing death.

S.39 When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.

S.40 Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.

S.41 When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.

S.42 When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.

S.43 Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property.

S.44 Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.

S.45 Abetment of a thing.

S.46 Abettor.

S.47 Abetment in India of offences outside India.

S.48 Abetment outside India for offence in India.

S.49 Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.

S.50 Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.

S.51 Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.

S.52 Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.

S.53 Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor.

S.54 Abettor present when offence is committed.

S.55 Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

S.56 Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment.

S.57 Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.

S.58 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

S.59 Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.

S.60 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.

S.61 Criminal conspiracy.

S.62 Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment.

S.63 Rape.

S.64 Punishment for rape.

S.65 Punishment for rape in certain cases.

S.66 Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.

S.67 Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation.

S.68 Sexual intercourse by a person in authority.

S.70 Gang rape.

S.71 Punishment for repeat offenders.

S.72 Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc.

S.73 Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.

S.74 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.

S.75 Sexual harassment.

S.76 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.

S.77 Voyeurism.

S.78 Stalking.

S.79 Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.

S.80 Dowry death.

S.81 Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.

S.82 Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.

S.83 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.

S.84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.

S.85 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.

S.86 Cruelty defined.

S.87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.

S.88 Causing miscarriage.

S.89 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.

S.90 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.

S.91 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.

S.92 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.

S.93 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.

S.94 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.

S.95 Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.

S.96 Procuration of child.

S.97 Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.

S.98 Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.

S.99 Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.

S.100 Culpable homicide.

S.101 Murder.

S.102 Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended.

S.106 Causing death by negligence.

S.107 Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind.

S.108 Abetment of suicide.

S.109 Attempt to murder.

S.110 Attempt to commit culpable homicide.

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