January 2024

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 19 – Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance, Defamation, etc. – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 351 – Criminal intimidation. (1) Whoever threatens another by any means, with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 18 – Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 335 – Making a false document. A person is said to make a false document or false electronic record— (A) Who dishonestly or fraudulently— (i) makes, signs, seals or executes a

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 17 – Of Offences Against Property – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 303 – Theft. (1) Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft.

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 16 – Of Offences relating to Religion – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 298 – Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class. Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 15 – Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 270 – Public nuisance. A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes any common injury, danger

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 14 : Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 227 – Giving false evidence. Whoever, being legally bound by an oath or by an express provision of law to state the truth, or being bound by law to make a declaration

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 13 : Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 206 – Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding. Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a summons, notice or order proceeding from any public servant legally

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 12 : Of Offences by or relating to Public Servants – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 198 – Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person. Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which

bns – Index of chapters Chapter 11 : Of Offences against the Public Tranquillity – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 189 – Unlawful assembly. (1) An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is— (a) to overawe by criminal force,