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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

BNS

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — all 358 sections explained simply in English, Hindi, and Hinglish with examples, FAQs, and know your rights

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SuicideAbetment

Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind

What does this law say? Section 107 of the BNS addresses helping a child or a person with a mental illness, or someone intoxicated, to commit suicide. If you encourage or help them, you can be severely punished. Why does this law exist? It protects vulnerable people. It recognizes that children and those with mental health issues may not fully understand their actions. It aims to prevent suicide. Real-life impact This law is crucial in cases where someone manipulates a vulnerable person. It covers situations where someone pressures a child or a person with mental health issues to end their life. What happens if you break this law? You could face the death penalty or life imprisonment. You could also get jail time up to 10 years. You will also have to pay a fine. Police can arrest you without a warrant.

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Short title, commencement and application

General explanations

Commutation of sentence

Fractions of terms of punishment

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

Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc

Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences

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

Solitary confinement

Limit of solitary confinement

Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction

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

Act of Judge when acting judiciall

Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court

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

Accident in doing a lawful act

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

Act of a child under seven years of age

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

Act of a person of unsound mind

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

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

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

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

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

Consent known to be given under fear or misconception

Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused

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

Communication made in good faith

Act to which a person is compelled by threats

Act causing slight harm

Things done in private defence

Right of private defence of body and of property

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

Acts against which there is no right of private defence

When right of private defence of body extends to causing death

When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body

When right of private defence of property extends to causing death

When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property

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

Abetment of a thing

Abetment in India of offences outside India

Abetment outside India for offence in India

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

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

Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done

Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done

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

Abettor present when offence is committed

Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life

Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment

Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons

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

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

Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Criminal conspiracy

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

Punishment for rape

Punishment for rape in certain cases

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

Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation

Sexual intercourse by a person in authority

Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc

Punishment for repeat offenders

Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc

Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission

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

Sexual harassment

Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe

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

Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage

Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife

Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage

Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman

Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty

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

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

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

Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body

Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence

Procuration of child

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

Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc

Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc

Culpable homicide

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

Punishment for murder

Punishment for murder by life-convict

Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Causing death by negligence

Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind

Abetment of suicide

Attempt to murder

Attempt to commit culpable homicide

Organised crime

Petty Organized crime

Voluntarily causing hurt

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

Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation

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

Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc

Act Endangering life or personal safety of others

Wrongful restraint

Wrongful confinement

Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation

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

Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation

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

Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person

Assault or criminal force on grave provocation

Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging

Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc

Importation of girl or boy from foreign country

Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person

Trafficking of person

Exploitation of a trafficked person

Habitual dealing in slaves

Unlawful compulsory labour

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

Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147

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

Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war

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

Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India

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

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

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

Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape

Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape

Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner

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

Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof

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

Abetment of such assault, if assault committed

Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman

Harbouring deserter

Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master

Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman

Persons subject to certain Acts

Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Candidate, electoral right defined

Undue influence at elections

Personation at elections

Punishment for bribery

Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election

False statement in connection with an election

Illegal payments in connection with an election

Failure to keep election accounts

Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes

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

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

Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

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

Using Government stamp known to have been before used

Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Prohibition of Fictitious stamps

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

Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint

Unlawful assembly

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

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

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

Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc

Promoting Enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony

Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration

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

Public servant disobeying direction under law

Punishment for nontreatment of victim

Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury

Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade

Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property

Personating a public servant

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

Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding

Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof

Nonattendance in obedience to an order from public servant

Nonappearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Omission to Produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it

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

Furnishing False information

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

Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question

Refusing to sign statement

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

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

Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant

Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant

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

Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions

Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance

Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant

Threat of injury to public servant

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

Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power

Giving false evidence

Fabricating false evidence

Punishment for false evidence

Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence

Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment

Threatening any person to give false evidence

Using evidence known to be false

Issuing or signing false certificate

Using as true a Certificate known to be false

False Statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence

Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false

Causing Disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender

Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform

Giving false information respecting an offence committed

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

False Personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution

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

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

Fraudulently Suffering decree for sum not due

Dishonestly making false claim in Court

Fraudulently Obtaining decree for sum not due

False charge of offence made with intent to injure

Harbouring offender

Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment

Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender

Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc

Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered

Penalty for Harbouring robbers or dacoits

Public servant Disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture

Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture

Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law

Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law

Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend

Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed

Escape from Confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant

Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension

Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person

Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for

Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for

Violation of condition of remission of punishment

Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding

Personation of assessor

Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court

Public nuisance

Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life

Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life

Disobedience to quarantine rule

Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale

Sale of noxious food or drink

Adulteration of drugs

Sale of adulterated drugs

Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation

Fouling water of public spring or reservoir

Making Atmosphere noxious to health

Rash driving or riding on a public way

Rash navigation of vessel

Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy

Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel

Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation

Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance

Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter

Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance

Negligent conduct with respect to machinery

Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc

Negligent conduct with respect to animal

Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for

Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue

Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc

Sale, etc., of Obscene objects to child

Obscene acts and songs

Keeping lottery office

Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class

Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs

Disturbing Religious assembly

Trespassing on burial places, etc

Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person

Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc

Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master

Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft

Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt

Attempt to Commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon

Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc

Dishonest Misappropriation of property

Dishonest Misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death

Criminal breach of trust

Stolen property

Cheating by personation

Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors

Dishonestly or Fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors

Dishonest or Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration

Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property

Mischief by killing or maiming animal

Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc

Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden

Punishment for Intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc

Criminal trespass and house-trespass

House-trespass and housebreaking

Punishment for house-trespass or housebreaking

House-trespass in order to commit offence

House-trespass After preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint

Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property

Making a false document

Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc

Forgery of Valuable security, will, etc

Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine

Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine

Making or Possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338

Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material

Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security

Falsification of accounts

Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury

Counterfeiting a property mark

Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark

Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark

Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods

Criminal intimidation

Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace

Statements conducing to public mischief

Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure

Misconduct in public by a drunken person

Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person

Repeal and savings

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