BNS, 2023 Flashcards
Section
Title
1
Short title, commencement and application
2
Definitions
3
General explanations
4
Punishments
5
Commutation of sentence
6
Fractions of terms of punishment
7
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
8
Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
9
Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
10
Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
11
Solitary confinement
12
Limit of solitary confinement
13
Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction
14
Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
15
Act of Judge when acting judicially
16
Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court
17
Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
18
Accident in doing a lawful act
19
Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
20
Act of a child under seven years of age
21
Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding
22
Act of a person of unsound mind
23
Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
24
Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated
25
Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
26
Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit
27
Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian
28
Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
29
Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
30
Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
31
Communication made in good faith
32
Act to which a person is compelled by threats
33
Act causing slight harm
34
Things done in private defence
35
Right of private defence of body and of property
36
Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc
37
Acts against which there is no right of private defence
38
When right of private defence of body extends to causing death
39
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
40
Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body
41
When right of private defence of property extends to causing death
42
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
43
Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property
44
Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
45
Abetment of a thing
46
Abettor
47
Abetment in India of offences outside India
48
Abetment outside India for offence in India
49
Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment
50
Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
51
Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
52
Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
53
Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor
54
Abettor present when offence is committed
55
Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
56
Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment
57
Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons
58
Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
59
Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent
60
Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
61
Criminal conspiracy
62
Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment
63
Rape
64
Punishment for rape
65
Punishment for rape in certain cases
66
Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
67
Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
68
Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
69
Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc
70
Gang rape
71
Punishment for repeat offenders
72
Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc
73
Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
74
Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
75
Sexual harassment
76
Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
77
Voyeurism
78
Stalking
79
Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman
80
Dowry death
81
Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage
82
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
83
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
84
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
85
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
86
Cruelty defined
87
Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
88
Causing miscarriage
89
Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
90
Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
91
Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth
92
Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
93
Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it
94
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
95
Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
96
Procuration of child
97
Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person
98
Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc
99
Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc
100
Culpable homicide
101
Murder
102
Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
103
Punishment for murder
104
Punishment for murder by life-convict
105
Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
106
Causing death by negligence
107
Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind
108
Abetment of suicide
109
Attempt to murder
110
Attempt to commit culpable homicide
111
Organised crime
112
Petty organised crime
113
Terrorist act
114
Hurt
115
Voluntarily causing hurt
116
Grievous hurt
117
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
118
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
119
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
120
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
121
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
122
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation
123
Causing hurt by means of poison, etc, with intent to commit an offence
124
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc
125
Act endangering life or personal safety of others
126
Wrongful restraint
127
Wrongful confinement
128
Force
129
Criminal force
130
Assault
131
Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
132
Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
133
Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation
134
Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
135
Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person
136
Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
137
Kidnapping
138
Abduction
139
Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging
140
Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc
141
Importation of girl or boy from foreign country
142
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
143
Trafficking of person
144
Exploitation of a trafficked person
145
Habitual dealing in slaves
146
Unlawful compulsory labour
147
Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India
148
Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section
149
Collecting arms, etc, with intention of waging war against Government of India
150
Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
151
Assaulting President, Governor, etc, with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
152
Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
153
Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India
154
Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India
155
Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and
156
Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
157
Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
158
Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
159
Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty
160
Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
161
Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
162
Abetment of such assault, if assault committed
163
Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
164
Harbouring deserter
165
Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
166
Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
167
Persons subject to certain Acts
168
Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
169
Candidate, electoral right defined
170
Bribery
171
Undue influence at elections
172
Personation at elections
173
Punishment for bribery
174
Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
175
False statement in connection with an election
176
Illegal payments in connection with an election
177
Failure to keep election accounts
178
Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
179
Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
180
Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
181
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
182
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
183
Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
184
Using Government stamp known to have been before used
185
Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
186
Prohibition of fictitious stamps
187
Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
188
Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
189
Unlawful assembly
190
Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
191
Rioting
192
Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed
193
Liability of owner, occupier, etc, of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place
194
Affray
195
Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
196
Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
197
Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration
198
Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
199
Public servant disobeying direction under law
200
Punishment for non-treatment of victim
201
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
202
Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
203
Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
204
Personating a public servant
205
Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
206
Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
207
Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
208
Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
209
Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,
210
Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
211
Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
212
Furnishing false information
213
Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
214
Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
215
Refusing to sign statement
216
False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
217
False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person
218
Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant
219
Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
220
Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
221
Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
222
Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
223
Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
224
Threat of injury to public servant
225
Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
226
Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power
227
Giving false evidence
228
Fabricating false evidence
229
Punishment for false evidence
230
Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
231
Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
232
Threatening any person to give false evidence
233
Using evidence known to be false
234
Issuing or signing false certificate
235
Using as true a certificate known to be false
236
False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
237
Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
238
Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
239
Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
240
Giving false information respecting an offence committed
241
Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence
242
False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
243
Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
244
Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
245
Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
246
Dishonestly making false claim in Court
247
Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
248
False charge of offence made with intent to injure
249
Harbouring offender
250
Taking gift, etc, to screen an offender from punishment
251
Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
252
Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
253
Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
254
Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
255
Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
256
Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
257
Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc, contrary to law
258
Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
259
Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend
260
Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
261
Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
262
Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
263
Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
264
Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for
265
Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
266
Violation of condition of remission of punishment
267
Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
268
Personation of assessor
269
Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court
270
Public nuisance
271
Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
272
Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
273
Disobedience to quarantine rule
274
Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
275
Sale of noxious food or drink
276
Adulteration of drugs
277
Sale of adulterated drugs
278
Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
279
Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
280
Making atmosphere noxious to health
281
Rash driving or riding on a public way
282
Rash navigation of vessel
283
Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
284
Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
285
Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
286
Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
287
Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
288
Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
289
Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
290
Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc
291
Negligent conduct with respect to animal
292
Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
293
Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
294
Sale, etc, of obscene books, etc
295
Sale, etc, of obscene objects to child
296
Obscene acts and songs
297
Keeping lottery office
298
Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class
299
Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
300
Disturbing religious assembly
301
Trespassing on burial places, etc
302
Uttering words, etc, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person
303
Theft
304
Snatching
305
Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc
306
Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
307
Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft
308
Extortion
309
Robbery
310
Dacoity
311
Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
312
Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
313
Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
314
Dishonest misappropriation of property
315
Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
316
Criminal breach of trust
317
Stolen property
318
Cheating
319
Cheating by personation
320
Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
321
Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
322
Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
323
Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
324
Mischief
325
Mischief by killing or maiming animal
326
Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc
327
Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
328
Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
329
Criminal trespass and house-trespass
330
House-trespass and hous-ebreaking
331
Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking
332
House-trespass in order to commit offence
333
House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
334
Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
335
Making a false document
336
Forgery
337
Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
338
Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
339
Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
340
Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
341
Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc, with intent to commit forgery punishable under section
342
Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material
343
Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc, of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
344
Falsification of accounts
345
Property mark
346
Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
347
Counterfeiting a property mark
348
Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
349
Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
350
Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
351
Criminal intimidation
352
Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace
353
Statements conducing to public mischief
354
Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
355
Misconduct in public by a drunken person
356
Defamation
357
Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
358
Repeal and savings