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Analysis and Conclusion:To successfully frame a charge under Section 112 of the BNS, the prosecution must meticulously include all essential ingredients—namely, the act of unauthorized betting or gambling and the accused's knowledge—within the charge sheet, with specific reference to the relevant sub-section or clause. Failure to do so may lead to the charge being unsupported or liable for quashing. Proper drafting, supported by factual evidence, is crucial for legal validity and effective prosecution ["Satnam Moga VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan"] ; ["M. V. Chidambaram VS Collector of Customs, Madras - Customs, Excise And Gold Appellate Tribunal"].
In the evolving landscape of Indian criminal law, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) has replaced the Indian Penal Code, introducing nuanced provisions like Section 112. This section addresses liability for acts or omissions that render goods liable to confiscation under Section 111, often in contexts like petty organized crime or regulatory violations. But what are the essential ingredients to frame a charge under Section 112 BNS? Understanding these is crucial for prosecutors, defense lawyers, and businesses navigating compliance.
This post breaks down the core elements, drawing from legal commentaries and case insights. Note: This is general information, not specific legal advice. Consult a qualified lawyer for your situation.
Section 112 BNS targets individuals who, in relation to goods, perform acts or omissions making those goods liable to confiscation under Section 111 BNS BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 - IPC - BNS - S.112 : Petty organised crime. - - Central. It covers both direct actions and abetment, balancing strict liability with mens rea requirements. Typically applied in cases involving smuggling, narcotics, or economic offenses where goods face forfeiture.
The provision states liability for:- Doing or omitting an act that renders goods confiscable (Clause a).- Dealing with goods known or believed to be liable to confiscation (Clause b).
To frame a charge under Section 112 BNS, prosecutors must establish specific ingredients, proven by direct or circumstantial evidence Alex C. Joseph VS Union of India - 2007 0 Supreme(Ker) 162. Here's a breakdown:
The primary ingredient is an act or omission by a person that makes goods liable to confiscation under Section 111BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 - IPC - BNS - S.112 : Petty organised crime. - - Central. This does not require mens rea—intent is irrelevant; the effect matters. The ingredients would be satisfied if a person does the act or commits an omission which makes the goods liable to confiscation Alex C. Joseph VS Union of India - 2007 0 Supreme(Ker) 162.
For abetment—instigating, aiding, or dealing with liable goods—knowledge or reason to believe the goods are confiscable is essential Hughes Network Systems India Ltd. VS Commissioner of Customs (Import & General) New Delhi - 2024 0 Supreme(Del) 130. The expression used in Section 112(b) is 'dealing with any goods which he knows or has reason to believe are liable to confiscation under section 111' Hughes Network Systems India Ltd. VS Commissioner of Customs (Import & General) New Delhi - 2024 0 Supreme(Del) 130.
Courts scrutinize these ingredients rigorously, often in bail or quashing petitions. For instance, in cases involving NDPS Act violations alongside Section 112(2) BNS, charge sheets were filed, but bail was granted due to bailable nature of related offenses and no criminal antecedents BHUPENDRA @ HUDDA S/O POORANMAL GURJAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN - 2025 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 16156SUNNY S/O SH. KAMAL SINGH NAYAK Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN - 2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 3210. It is further submitted that after investigation, charge-sheet has been filed against all the accused persons under Section 308(6), 308(7), 318(2), 112(2) and 61(2)(a) of BNS, 2023. So far as offences under Section 308(6), 308(7), 318(2) of BNS are concerned, they are bailable in nature BHUPENDRA @ HUDDA S/O POORANMAL GURJAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN - 2025 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 16156.
In a narcotics possession case, bail was allowed for an accused under Sections 8(C), 22(C) NDPS and Section 112 BNS, emphasizing a clean record: Court emphasized the importance of a clean criminal record in deciding bail applications under NDPS Act while allowing bail in this case MOHAMMED MAAZ vs STATE OF KARNATAKA - 2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 14896.
Quashing petitions highlight failures in ingredients. Analogous to BNS provisions, courts quash charges without dishonest intent or entrustment, as in economic offenses: To sustain charges under IPC Sections 409 and 420, clear evidence of entrustment, dishonest intention, and deception is essential Anandan R. , S/o. Raghavan S. VS State Of Kerala, Represented By The Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Kerala - 2025 Supreme(Ker) 13. Similarly, for Section 112, lack of knowledge or causation leads to dismissal.
In another matter, charges under related BNS sections were quashed for insufficient prima facie case: No prima facie case was established under Sections 409 and 420 IPC, leading to the quashment of the FIR and final report Anandan R. , S/o. Raghavan S. VS State Of Kerala, Represented By The Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Kerala - 2025 Supreme(Ker) 13. This underscores that mere association isn't enough—specific ingredients must be pled.
Bail was also granted in economic offenses under BNS Sections 316(3), 316(5), lacking direct involvement: Court found insufficient grounds to deny bail, emphasizing lack of direct involvement P. Venkata Ramaiah @ Nani, S/o. Perni Krishna Murthy vs State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor - 2025 Supreme(AP) 118.
Courts refuse pleas if charges lack ingredients: unless the charge is correctly drafted and contains all the essential ingredients of the offence... there can be no admission or plea of guilty PP vs RAVICHANTHIRAN GANESAN.
Stay compliant and informed—Section 112 BNS protects against petty crimes but requires proof. For tailored advice, reach out to legal experts.
References:1. BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 - S.1122. Hughes Network Systems India Ltd. VS Commissioner of Customs (Import & General) New Delhi - 2024 0 Supreme(Del) 130Alex C. Joseph VS Union of India - 2007 0 Supreme(Ker) 162 and cited cases.
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(A) Karnataka Police Act, 1963 - Sections 79 and 80 - BNS, 2023 - Section 112 - Accused charged with playing Andar Bahar, identified ... Section 112 of the BNS 2023 read as follows: BNS 2023.
(A) Karnataka Police Act, 1963 - Sections 79 and 80 - BNS Act, 2023 - Section 112 - Allegations of playing Andar Bahar - Court finds ... 112 of BNS 2023 are insupportable. ... court ruled that without proof of the game being of chance, allegations under Sections 79 and 80 of the Karnataka Police Act and Section ... Section 112 of the BNS 2023 read as follows: “112. ... Accused Nos.1 to 20 in Crime No.114 of 2025 registered by Sirsi Rural Police Stati....
It is further submitted that after investigation, charge-sheet has been filed against all the accused persons under Section 308(6), 308(7), 318(2), 112(2) and 61(2)(a) of BNS, 2023. So far as offences under Section 308(6), 308(7), 318(2) of BNS are concerned, they are bailable in nature. ... It is submitted that there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioner and he is not involved in any other criminal case, therefore, filing of the charge- sheet against him ....
It is further submitted that after investigation, the charge- sheet has been filed against all the accused persons under Section 308(6), 308(7), 318(2), 112(2) and 61(2)(a) of BNS, 2023. ... in Section 111 of BNS. ... So far as the offences under Section 308(6), 308(7), and 318(2) of BNS are concerned, they are bailable in nature. ... It is submitted that there are no criminal antecedents against the petitioners and they are not involved in any other....
Section 111 of fthe BNS' deals with the commission of organized crimes. ln that section, the offence of (online cricket)r~betting does not find a place. The appropriate and relevant section is 112(1) of {the BNS', which contemplates unauthorized betting. ... Section 112 (2) of fthe BNS' stipulates a minimum punishment of one year and a maximum punishment of seven years, along with a fine. lt is \ -\ pertinent to mention that the lea....
and unless the charge is correctly drafted and contains all the essential ingredients of the offence and exclude all irrelevant ingredients, there can be no admission or plea of guilty to an offence which is not recognized in law and confusing and therefore the plea of guilty should not be accepted ... To answer this issue, it would be prudent to consider the provision of s 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code . Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code provides: " #....
... Once the aforesaid ingredients of Section 240 Cr.P.C. are satisfied the learned Magistrate has no option except to frame the charge against accused. ... (10). ... It is well to remember that Section 112 of Indian Evidence Act has application where paternity of a child is in dispute. ... to try and which in his opinion could be adequately punished by him, he shall frame in writing a charge against the accused. ... The main thrust of the argument o....
Once the aforesaid ingredients of Section 240 Cr P.C. are satisfied the learned Magistrate has no option except to frame the charge against accused. ... It is well to remember that Section 112 of Indian Evidence Act has application where paternity of a child is in dispute. ... The main thrust of the argument of the learned Counsel for the petitioners before me is that the learned Magistrate has no authority in law to frame charge against the petition....
Section 8 (C), 22(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act') and Section 112 of BNS, 2023 is before this Court under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 seeking regular bail. ... After completing investigation, charge sheet has been filed against five persons and petitioner is arraigned as accused No.2 in the charge sheet. Bail application filed by the petitioner before the Jurisdictional Sessions Court was rejected. Therefore, petit....
112 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which is assailed in the present petition. ... OF THE BNS, PENDING BEFORE PRL. ... Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Pending before Prl. ... Quash the FIR bearing No.75/2025 along with the information dated 11.06.2025 registered with the respondent No.1 Chitradurga Extension Police Station wherein the Petitioners herein are arraigned as accused for the alleged offence under Section 79, 80 of the Karnataka Police Act and Section #HL_ST....
(i) in N. Raghavender v. State of Andhra Pradesh, CBI, (2021) 18 SCC 70, wherein it is held thus: (paragraphs 45 to 48) 45. Section 409 IPC pertains to criminal breach of trust by a public servant or a banker, in respect of the property entrusted to him. The onus is on the prosecution to prove that the accused, a public servant or a banker was entrusted with the property which he is duly bound to account for and that he has committed criminal breach of trust. (See Sadhupati Nageswara Rao v. State ofA.P. [Sadhupati Nageswara Rao v. State of A.P., (2012) 8 SCC 547 : (2012) 3 SCC (Cri) 979 : (2....
15. Section 420 of IPC is pari materia to Section 318(4) of BNS. The essential ingredients to attract Section 420 of IPC are: (a) to deliver any property; or (b) to make, alter or destroy the whole or part of the valuable security or any thing which is signed or sealed and which is capable of being converted into a valuable property. 14. The gravamen of the offence under Section 409 of IPC is dishonest intention on the part of the accused but to establish the dishonest intention, it is not necessary that the prosecution should establish an intention to retain permanently....
Where the ‘entrustment’ is admitted by the accused or has been established by the prosecution, the burden then shifts on the accused to prove that the obligation vis-à-vis the entrusted property was carried out in a legally and contractually acceptable manner. Ingredients necessary to prove a charge under Section 420 IPC: Ingredients necessary to prove a charge under Section 409 IPC: Unless the complaint showed that the accused had dishonest or fraudulent intention ‘at the time the complainant parted with the monies’, it would not amount to an offence und....
In the result, the appeal is allowed, the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate dated 28-2-2007 and the judgment of the High Court dated 21-10-2016 [Sameer Sahay v. State of U.P.,2016 SCCOnLine(All) 2373] are set aside. We are, thus, of the considered opinion that in the present case ingredients of Section 420 IPC were not made out so as to frame any charge under Section 420 IPC against the appellant.
We are, thus, of the considered opinion that in the present case ingredients of Section 420 IPC were not made out so as to frame any charge under Section 420 IPC against the appellant. On a reading of the entire material that has been placed on record, it can be seen that the petitioner had quoted the total cost of the equipment as 3,45,000/- and after giving discount, the petitioner has quoted a total sum of Rs.3,10,000/- for installing a 1 KWP Solar Power Plant.
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