You will read about the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in this category. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita is the official criminal code in India. It was introduced in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which dates back to the British India era.
Section 249 BNS | BNS 249 | BNS Section 249 Whenever an offence has been committed, whoever harbours or conceals a person whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the offender, with the intention of screening him from legal punishment shall,— 249(a) BNS if the offence is punishable with death, be punished … Read more
Section 248 BNS | BNS 248 Whoever, with intent to cause injury to any person, institutes or causes to be instituted any criminal proceeding against that person, or falsely charges any person with having committed an offence, knowing that there is no just or lawful ground for such proceeding or charge against that person,— 248(a) … Read more
Section 247 BNS | BNS 247 | BNS Section 247 Whoever fraudulently obtains a decree or order against any person for a sum not due, or for a larger sum than is due or for any property or interest in property to which he is not entitled, or fraudulently causes a decree or order to … Read more
Section 246 BNS | BNS 246 Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to injure or annoy any person, makes in a Court any claim which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine. … Read more
Section 245 BNS | BNS 245 Whoever fraudulently causes or suffers a decree or order to be passed against him at the suit of any person for a sum not due or for a larger sum than is due to such person or for any property or interest in property to which such person is … Read more
Section 244 BNS | BNS 244 Whoever fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right or rightful claim to such property or interest, or practises any deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein … Read more
Section 243 BNS | BNS 243 Whoever fraudulently removes, conceals, transfers or delivers to any person any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to … Read more
Section 242 BNS | BNS 242 Whoever falsely personates another, and in such assumed character makes any admission or statement, or confesses judgment, or causes any process to be issued or becomes bail or security, or does any other act in any suit or criminal prosecution, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for … Read more
Section 241 BNS | BNS 241 Whoever secretes or destroys any document or electronic record which he may be lawfully compelled to produce as evidence in a Court or in any proceeding lawfully held before a public servant, as such, or obliterates or renders illegible the whole or any part of such document or electronic … Read more
Section 240 BNS | BNS 240 Whoever, knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed, gives any information respecting that offence which he knows or believes to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with … Read more