Section 65 BNS: Punishment for rape in certain cases

Section 65 BNS: Punishment for rape in certain cases

Section 65 BNS | BNS 65 65(1) BNS Whoever, commits rape on a woman under sixteen years of age shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural … Read more

Section 62 BNS: Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment

Section 62 BNS: Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment

Section 62 BNS | BNS 62 Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Sanhita with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall, where this Sanhita makes no express provision for the punishment … Read more

Section 60 BNS: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Section 60 BNS: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Section 60 BNS | BNS 60 Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment, voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such offence, or makes any representation which he knows to be … Read more

Section 59 BNS: Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent

Section 59 BNS: Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent

Section 59 BNS | BNS 59 Whoever, being a public servant, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence which it is his duty as such public servant to prevent, voluntarily conceals, by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or … Read more

Section 58 BNS: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life

Section 58 BNS: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life

Section 58 BNS | BNS 58 Whoever intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, voluntarily conceals by any act or omission, or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of … Read more

Section 57 BNS: Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons

Section 57 BNS: Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.

Section 57 BNS Whoever abets the commission of an offence by the public generally or by any number or class of persons exceeding ten, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and with fine. Illustration A affixes in a public place a placard instigating a … Read more

Section 56 BNS: Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment

Section 56 BNS: Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment

Section 56 BNS | BNS 56 Whoever abets an offence punishable with imprisonment shall, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made under this Sanhita for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for that offence for a term which … Read more