Important Sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 1
- Short title, commencement and application.
Section 2 - Definitions.
Section 3 - General explanations.
Section 4 - Punishments.
Section 6 - Fractions of terms of Punishment.
Section 8 - Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
Section 9 - Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.
Section 10 - Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
Section 11 - Solitary Confinement.
Section 12 - Limit of Solitary Confinement.
Section 13 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.
Section 14 to 33 -CHAPTER III : GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
Section 34 to 44 - Right of Private Defence.
Section Section 45 to 60 - CHAPTER IV : OF ABETMENT, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPT.
Section 61 - Definition of criminal conspiracy.
Section 62 - Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment .
Section 63 - Rape.
Section 64 - Punishment for rape.
Section 70 - Gang Rape.
Section 72 - Discloser of identity of victim of certain offences etc.
Section 74 - Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
Section 75 - Sexual harassment.
Section 76 - Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
Section 77 - Voyeurism.
Section 78 - Stalking.
Section 80 - Dowry Death.
Section 86 - Cruelty Defined.
Section 92 - Causing death of quick unborn child by the act amounting to culpable homicide.
Section 95 - Hiring or employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
Section 97 - Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.
Section 100 - Culpable homicide.
Section 101- Murder.
Section 103 - Punishment for murder.
Section 105 - Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Section 106 - Causing death by negligence.
Section 109 - Attempt to murder.
Section 110 - Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
Section 111 - Organised crime.
Section 112 - Petty organised crime.
Section 113 - Terrorist act.
Section 114 - Hurt.
Section 115 - Voluntarily causing hurt.
Section 116 - Grievous hurt.
Section 117 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
Section 118 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
Section 125 - Act endangering life or personal safety of others.
Section 126 - Wrongful restraint.
Section 127 - Wrongful confinement.
Section 128 - Force.
Section 129 - Criminal force.
Section 130 - Assault.
Section 131 - Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
Section 137 - Kidnapping.
Section 138 - Abduction.
Section 147 - Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India.
Section 152 - Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
Section 189 - Unlawful assembly.
Section 191 - Rioting.
Section 194 - Affray.
Section 198 - Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
Section 200 - Punishment for non-treatment of Victim.
Section 206 - Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
Section 179
- Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
Section 212 - Furnishing false information.
Section223 - Disobedience to order duly promulgated by the Public Servant.
Section 226 - Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.
Section 227 - Giving false evidence.
Section 228 - Fabricating false evidence.
Section 232 - Threatening any person to give false evidence.
Section 270 - Public nuisance.
Section 281 - Rash driving or riding on a public way.
Section 294 - Sale, etc, of obscene books, etc.
Section 295 - Sale, etc, of obscene objects to child.
Section 296 - Obscene acts and songs.
Section 298 - Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of
any class.
Section 299 - Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
Section 303 - Theft.
Section 351 - Snatching.
Section 308 - Extortion.
Section 309 - Robbery.
Section 310 - Dacoity.
Section 311 - Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
Section 314 - Dishonest misappropriation of property.
Section 315 - Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
Section 316 - Criminal breach of trust.
Section 317 - Stolen Property.
Section 318 - Cheating.
Section 324 - Mischief.
Section 324 - Mischief by killing or maiming animal.
Section 329 - Criminal trespass and house trespass.
Section 330 - House trespass and house breaking.
Section 335 - Making a false document.
Section 336 - Forgery.
Section 351 - Criminal Intimidation.
Section 352 - Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.
Section 356 - Defamation.
Section 357 - Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
