bns · New code (post-2024)

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

357 sections in 19 chapters. Click any section to see what old-code provisions it carries forward.

Chapter I
Preliminary
3 sections
§1§2§3
Chapter II
Of Punishments
10 sections
§4§5§6§7§8§9§10§11§12§13
Chapter III
General Exceptions
31 sections
§14§15§16§17§18§19§20§21§22§23§24§25§26§27§28§29§30§31§32§33§34§35§36§37§38§39§40§41§42§43§44
Chapter IV
Of Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt
18 sections
§45§46§47§48§49§50§51§52§53§54§55§56§57§58§59§60§61§62
Chapter V
Of Offences Against Woman And Child
37 sections
§63§64§65§66§67§68§69§70§71§72§73§74§75§76§77§78§79§80§81§82§83§84§85§86§87§88§89§90§91§92§93§94§95§96§97§98§99
Chapter VI
Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
47 sections
§100§101§102§103§104§105§106§107§108§109§110§111§112§113§114§115§116§117§118§119§120§121§122§123§124§125§126§127§128§129§130§131§132§133§134§135§136§137§138§139§140§141§142§143§144§145§146
Chapter VII
Of Offences Against the State
12 sections
§147§148§149§150§151§152§153§154§155§156§157§158
Chapter VIII
Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force
10 sections
§159§160§161§162§163§164§165§166§167§168
Chapter IX
Of Offences Relating to Elections
9 sections
§169§170§171§172§173§174§175§176§177
Chapter X
Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, and Government Stamps
11 sections
§178§179§180§181§182§183§184§185§186§187§188
Chapter XI
Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity
9 sections
§189§190§191§192§193§194§195§196§197
Chapter XII
Of Offences By or Relating to Public Servants
8 sections
§198§199§200§201§202§203§204§205
Chapter XIII
Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
21 sections
§206§207§208§209§210§211§212§213§214§215§216§217§218§219§220§221§222§223§224§225§226
Chapter XIV
Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
43 sections
§227§228§229§230§231§232§233§234§235§236§237§238§239§240§241§242§243§244§245§246§247§248§249§250§251§252§253§254§255§256§257§258§259§260§261§262§263§264§265§266§267§268§269
Chapter XV
Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
28 sections
§270§271§272§273§274§275§276§277§278§279§280§281§282§283§284§285§286§287§288§289§290§291§292§293§294§295§296§297
Chapter XVI
Of Offences Relating to Religion
5 sections
§298§299§300§301§302
Chapter XVII
Of Offences Against Property
32 sections
§303§304§305§306§307§308§309§310§311§312§313§314§315§316§317§318§319§320§321§322§323§324§325§326§327§328§329§330§331§332§333§334
Chapter XVIII
Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks
16 sections
§335§336§337§338§339§340§341§342§343§344§345§346§347§348§349§350
Chapter XIX
Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance, Defamation, Etc.
7 sections
§351§352§353§354§355§356§357