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 199 BNS | BNS 199 Whoever, being a public servant,— (a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter; or (b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice of any person, any … Read more
Section 198 BNS | BNS 198 Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be … Read more
Section 197 BNS | BNS 197 197(1) BNS Whoever, by words either spoken or written or by signs or by visible representations or through electronic communication or otherwise,— shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. 197(2) BNS Whoever commits an offence specified in sub-section (1) … Read more
Section 196 BNS | BNS 196 196(1) BNS Whoever— shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. 196(2) BNS Whoever commits an offence specified in sub-section (1) in any place of worship or in any assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies, … Read more
Section 195 BNS | BNS 195 195(1) BNS Whoever assaults or obstructs any public servant or uses criminal force on any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description … Read more
Section 194 BNS 194(1) BNS When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to commit an affray. 194(2) BNS Whoever commits an affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may … Read more
Section 193 BNS | BNS 193 193(1) BNS Whenever any unlawful assembly or riot takes place, the owner or occupier of the land upon which such unlawful assembly is held, or such riot is committed, and any person having or claiming an interest in such land, shall be punishable with fine not exceeding one thousand … Read more
Section 192 BNS | BNS 192 Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.—Whoever malignantly, or wantonly by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if … Read more
Section 191 BNS | BNS 191 191(1) BNS Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of rioting. 191(2) BNS Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with … Read more
Section 190 BNS If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at the time of the committing of that … Read more