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 14 BNS | BNS 14 | BNS Section 14 Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be, bound by law to do it. Illustrations (a) … Read more
Section 13 BNS | BNS 13 Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like … Read more
Section 12 BNS | BNS 12 In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed … Read more
Section 11 BNS | BNS 11 Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which … Read more
Section 10 BNS | BNS 10 In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is … Read more
Section 9 BNS | BNS 9 BNS 9(1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of such his offences, unless it be so expressly provided. BNS 9(2) Where— (a) anything … Read more
Section 8 BNS | BNS Section 8 BNS 8(1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. BNS 8(2) In every case of an offence— (a) punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which … Read more
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