Decoding-Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023

Section 115 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Section 115(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause…

Section 114 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Grievous hurt The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”, namely:––(a) Emasculation.(b) Permanent privation of the sight of either eye.(c) Permanent privation…

Section 113 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Voluntarily. causing hurt. Section 113(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any…

Section 112 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Hurt Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person is said to cause hurt. For more information about Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023,…

Section 111 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Offence if terrorist act Section 111(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 A person is said to have committed a terrorist act if he commits…

Section 110 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Petty organised crime or organised crime in general. Section 110(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Any crime that causes general feelings of insecurity among…

Section 109 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Organised crime Section 109(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Any continuing unlawful activity including kidnapping, robbery, vehicle theft, extortion, land grabbing, contract killing, economic…

Section 108 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Attempt to commit culpablehomicide Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused…

Section 107 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment of suicide Section 107(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge, and under such circumstances that,…

Section 106 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment of suicide If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for…

Section 105 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment of suicide of childor person with mental illness. If any person under eighteen years of age, any person with mental illness, any delirious…

Section 104 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Causing death by negligence. Section 104(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or…

Section 103 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or…

Section 102 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for murder by life-convict. Whoever, being under sentence of imprisonment for life, commits murder, shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for…

Section 101 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for murder. Section 101(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall…

Section 100 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended. If a person, by doing anything which he intends or…

Section 99 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Murder.. Except in the cases hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder,–– (a) if the act by which the death is caused is done with…

Section 98 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Culpable homicide. Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury…

Section 97 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Buying child for purposes ofprostitution, etc. Whoever buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of any child below the age of eighteen years with intent…

Section 96 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Selling child for purposes ofprostitution, etc. Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of child below eighteen years of age with intent that…

Section 95 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Kidnapping or abducting childunder ten years with intent to steal from its person. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten…

Section 94 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Procuration of child. Whoever, by any means whatsoever, induces any child below the age of eighteen years to go from any place or to…

Section 93 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Hiring, employing or engaging achild to commit an offence. Whoever hires, employs or engages any person below the age of eighteen years to commit…

Section 92 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether…

Section 91 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it. Whoever being the father or mother of a…

Section 90 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide Whoever does any act under such circumstances, that if he thereby caused…

Section 89 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth. Whoever before the birth of any…

Section 88 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage. Section 88(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever, with intent to cause the…

Section 87 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Causing miscarriage without woman's consent. Whoever commits the offence under section 86 without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick…

Section 86 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Causing miscarriage. Whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall, if such miscarriage be not caused in good faith for the…

Section 85 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled,…

Section 84 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Husband or relative of husband of woman subjecting her to cruelty Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a…

Section 83 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent married woman Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he…

Section 82 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing…

Section 81 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife. Section 81(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries…

Section 80 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married…

Section 79 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Dowry death. Section 79(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury…

Section 78 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of woman. Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any words, makes…

Section 77 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Stalking Section 77(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Any man who— (i) follows a woman and contacts, or attempts to contact such woman…

Section 76 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Voyeurism Whoever watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the…

Section 75 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets…

Section 74 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment. Section 74(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 A man committing any of the following acts—(i) physical…

Section 73 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to…

Section 72 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Disclosure of identity ofvictim of certain offences, etc. Section 72(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever prints or publishes the name or any…

Section 71 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Punishment for repeat offenders Whoever has been previously convicted of an offence punishable under section 63 or section 64 or section 65 or…

Section 70 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Gang rape. Section 70(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or…

Section 69 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc. Whoever, by deceitful means or making by promise to marry to a woman without any intention…

Section 68 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Sexual intercourse byperson in authority. Whoever, being—(a) in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship; or(b) a public servant; or(c) superintendent or…

Section 67 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation or by person in authority. Whoever has sexual intercourse with his own wife, who is…

Section 66 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for causingdeath or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section…

Section 65 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for rape in certain cases. Section 65(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever, commits rape on a woman under sixteen years of age…

Section 64 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for rape. Section 64(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever, except in the cases provided for in sub-section (2), commits rape, shall be…

Section 63 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Rape. A man is said to commit “rape” if he—(a) penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of…

Section 62 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Sanhita…

Section 61 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Criminal conspiracy Section 61(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done–– (a) an…

Section 60 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the…

Section 59 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent. Whoever, being a public servant, intending to facilitate or knowing…

Section 58 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. Whoever intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he…

Section 57 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons. Whoever abets the commission of an offence by the public generally or…

Section 56 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment. Section 56(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever abets an offence punishable with imprisonment shall, if that…

Section 55 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life Section 55(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Whoever abets the commission of an offence…

Section 54 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abettor present when offence is committed. Whenever any person, who is absent would be liable to be punished as an abettor, is present when…

Section 53 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Liability of abettor for effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor When an act is abetted with the intention on…

Section 52 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done. If the act for which the abettor is liable under section…

Section 51 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done. When an act is abetted and a different act is done, the abettor…

Section 50 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor. Whoever abets the commission of an offence shall,…

Section 49 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment. Whoever abets any offence…

Section 48 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Abetment outside India for offence in India. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, without and beyond India,…

Section 47 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment in India of offences outside India. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, in India, abets the commission…

Section 46 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abettor. A person abets an offence, who abets either the commission of an offence, or the commission of an act which would be an…

Section 45 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Abetment of thing. A person abets the doing of a thing, who— (a) instigates any person to do that thing; or (b) engages with…

Section 44 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person. If in the exercise of the right of…

Section 43 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property. The right of private defence of property,–– (a) commences when a reasonable apprehension of…

Section 42 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which…

Section 41 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-When right of private defence of property extends to causing death The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in…

Section 40 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of the body. The right of private defence of the body commences as soon as a…

Section 39 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specfied in section…

Section 38 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-When the right of private defence of body extends to causing death The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions…

Section 37 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Acts against which there is no right of private defence. Section 37(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 There is no right of private defence,––…

Section 36 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Right of private defence against act of a person with mental illness, etc. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is…

Section 35 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Right of private defence of body and of property. Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend—…

Section 34 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Things done in privatedefence. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. Home Ministry Previous Next

Section 33 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act causing slight harm. Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is…

Section 32 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act to which a personcompelled by threats Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done…

Section 31 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Communication made in good faith. No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom…

Section 30 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent. Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may…

Section 29 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Exclusion of acts which areoffences independently of harm caused. The exceptions in sections 21, 22 and 23 do not extend to acts which are…

Section 28 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this…

Section 27 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person with mental illness, by or by consent of guardian. Nothing which is done…

Section 26 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit. Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is…

Section 25 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent Nothing which is not intended to…

Section 24 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated In cases where an act done is not an offence unless…

Section 23 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will Nothing is an offence which is done by a…

Section 22 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act of a person of mental illness Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it,…

Section 21 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven…

Section 20 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act of a child under seven years of age. Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.…

Section 19 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm. Nothing is an offence merely by reason of its…

Section 18 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Accident in doing a lawful act. Nothing is an offence which is done by accident or misfortune, and without any criminal intention or knowledge…

Section 17 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself, justified, by law. Nothing is an offence which is done by…

Section 16 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court. Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or…

Section 15 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Act of Judge when acting judicially. Nothing is an offence which is done by a Judge when acting judicially in the exercise of…

Section 14 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law. Nothing is an offence which is done by…

Section 13 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction. Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapters X…

Section 12 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Limit of solitary confinement In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with…

Section 11 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Solitary confinement. Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous…

Section 10 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which Limit of solitary confinement. In all cases…

Section 9 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Limit of punishment ofoffence made up of several offences. Section 9(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Where anything which is an offence is made…

Section 8 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023- Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. Section 8(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Where no sum is expressed…

Section 7 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple In every case in which an offender is punishable with…

Section 6 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty…

Section 5 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Commutation of sentence of death or imprisonment for life In every case in which sentence of,–– (a) death has been passed, the appropriate Government…

Section 4 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-Punishments The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are— (a) Death; (b) Imprisonment for life, that is to…

Section 3 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023-General Explanations and expressions Section 3(1) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every…