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Section 7 BNS | BNS 7 In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or … Read more
Section 6 BNS | BNS 6 In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided. Reference Link: New Criminal Laws (BNS), Ministry of Home Affairs
Section 5 BNS | BNS 5 The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Explanation— For the purposes of this section the expression “appropriate Government” means,— (a) in cases where the … Read more
Section 4 BNS | BNS 4 The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are— (a) Death; (b) Imprisonment for life; (c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:— (1) Rigorous, that is, with hard labour; (2) Simple; (d) Forfeiture of property; (e) Fine; (f) Community Service. Reference Link: New … Read more
Section 3 BNS | BNS 3 | BNS Section 3 3(1) BNS Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the Chapter entitled “General Exceptions”, though those exceptions are not repeated in such … Read more
Section 2 BNS | BNS 2 In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2(1) BNS “act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single act; 2(2) BNS “animal” means any living creature, other than a human being; 2(3) BNS “child” means any person below the age of eighteen years; 2(4) BNS “counterfeit”–– … Read more
Section 1 BNS | BNS 1 | BNS Section 1 1(1) BNS This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 1(2) BNS It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this … Read more
Section 90 BNS | BNS 90 90(1) BNS Whoever, with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman with child, does any act which causes the death of such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. 90(2) … Read more
Section 89 BNS | BNS 89 Whoever commits the offence under section 88 without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable … Read more
Section 88 BNS | BNS 88 Whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall, if such miscarriage be not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the woman, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or … Read more