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Chapter IV: Of abetment, criminal conspiracy and attempt
- 49 Abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no exp…
- 50 Abetment of any offence, if the person abetted does act with different intention from tha…
- 51 Abetment of any offence, when one act is abetted and a different act is done; subject to …
- 52 Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
- 53 Abetment of any offence, when an effect is caused by the act abetted different from that …
- 54 Abetment of any offence, if abettor present when offence is committed.
- 55 Abetment of an offence, punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if the offence be…
- 56 Abetment of an offence, punishable with imprisonment, if the offence be not committed in …
- 57 Abetting commission of an offence by the public or by more than ten persons.
- 58 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if th…
- 59 A public servant concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty to prevent…
- 60 Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment, if offence be committed.
- 61 Criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or …
- 62 Attempting to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, and …
Chapter V: Of offences against woman and child
- 64 Rape.
- 65 Persons committing offence of rape on a woman under sixteen years of age.
- 66 Person committing an offence of rape and inflicting injury which causes death or causes t…
- 67 Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation.
- 68 Sexual intercourse by a person in authority, etc.
- 69 Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.
- 70 Gang rape.
- 71 Repeat offenders.
- 72 Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc.
- 73 Printing or publication of a proceeding without prior permission of court.
- 74 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
- 75 Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment specified in clause (i) or clause …
- 76 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
- 77 Voyeurism.
- 78 Stalking.
- 79 Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc.
- 80 Dowry death.
- 81 A man by deceit causing a woman not lawfully married to him to believe, that she is lawfu…
- 82 Marrying again during the life time of a husband or wife.
- 83 A person with fraudulent intention going through the ceremony of being married, knowing t…
- 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman.
- 85 Punishment for subjecting a married woman to cruelty.
- 87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
- 88 Causing miscarriage.
- 89 Causing miscarriage without women's consent.
- 90 Death caused by an act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
- 91 Act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive, or to cause it to die after its…
- 92 Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide.
- 93 Exposure of a child under 12 years of age by parent or person having care of it with inte…
- 94 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
- 95 Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
- 96 Procuration of child.
- 97 Kidnapping or abducting a child under ten years with intent to steal from its person.
- 98 Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
- 99 Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
Chapter VI: Of offences affecting the human body
- 103 Murder.
- 104 Murder by life-convict.
- 105 Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, if act by which the death is caused is done wi…
- 106 Causing death by negligence.
- 107 Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind, etc.
- 108 Abetment of suicide.
- 109 Attempt to murder.
- 110 Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
- 111 Organised crime resulting in death of any person.
- 112 Petty Organised crime.
- 113 Terrorist act resulting in the death of any person.
- 115 Voluntarily causing hurt.
- 117 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
- 118 Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
- 119 Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
- 120 Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or information, or to compel restoration of…
- 121 Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
- 122 Voluntarily causing hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other…
- 123 Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.
- 124 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.
- 125 Doing any act endangering human life or personal safety of others.
- 126 Wrongfully restraining any person.
- 127 Wrongfully confining any person.
- 131 Assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
- 132 Assault or use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
- 133 Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person, otherwise than on grave and …
- 134 Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property worn or carried by a person.
- 135 Assault or use of criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person.
- 136 Assault or use of criminal force on grave and sudden provocation.
- 137 Kidnapping.
- 139 Kidnapping a child for purposes of begging.
- 140 Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder.
- 141 Importation of a girl or boy from foreign country.
- 142 Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
- 143 Trafficking of person.
- 144 Exploitation of a trafficked child.
- 145 Habitual dealing in slaves.
- 146 Unlawful compulsory labour.
Chapter VII: Of offences against the state
- 147 Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war, against the Government o…
- 148 Conspiring to commit certain offences against the State.
- 149 Collecting arms, etc., with the intention of waging war against the Government of India.
- 150 Concealing with intent to facilitate a design to wage war.
- 151 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of a…
- 152 Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
- 153 Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with the Government of India.
- 154 Committing depredation on the territories of any foreign state at peace with the Governme…
- 155 Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.
- 156 Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war in his custody to escape.
- 157 Public servant negligently suffering prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.
- 158 Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
Chapter VIII: Of offences relating to the army, navy and air force
- 159 Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce an officer, soldier, sailor or airman from his a…
- 160 Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.
- 161 Abetment of assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, whe…
- 162 Abetment of such assault, if the assault committed.
- 163 Abetment of the desertion of an officer, soldier, sailor or airman.
- 164 Harbouring deserter.
- 165 Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master or person in cha…
- 166 Abetment of act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman if the offenc…
- 168 Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
Chapter IX: Of offences relating to elections
- 173 Bribery.
- 174 Undue influence or personation at an election.
- 175 False statement in connection with an election.
- 176 Illegal payments in connection with elections.
- 177 Failure to keep election accounts.
Chapter X: Of offences relating to coin, currency-notes, bank-notes, and government stamps
- 178 Counterfeiting coins, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 179 Using as genuine forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 180 Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 181 Making, buying, selling or possessing machinery, instrument or material for forging or co…
- 182 Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 183 Effacing any writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp, removing from a documen…
- 184 Using a Government stamp known to have been before used.
- 185 Erasure of mark denoting that stamps have been used.
- 186 Fictitious stamps.
- 187 Person employed in a Mint causing coin to be of a different weight or composition from th…
- 188 Unlawfully taking from a Mint any coining instrument.
Chapter XI: Of offences against the public tranquillity
- 189 Being member of an unlawful assembly.
- 190 Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.
- 191 Rioting.
- 192 Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed.
- 193 Owner or occupier of land not giving information of riot, etc.
- 194 Committing affray.
- 195 Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
- 196 Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, re…
- 197 Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.
Chapter XII: Of offences by or relating to public servants
- 198 Public servant disobeying direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person.
- 199 Public servant disobeying direction under law.
- 200 Non-treatment of victim by hospital.
- 201 Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
- 202 Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
- 203 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
- 204 Personating a public servant.
- 205 Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
Chapter XIII: Of contempts of the lawful authority of public servants
- 206 Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding from a public servant.
- 207 Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
- 208 Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
- 209 Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of this Sanhita.
- 210 Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce or deli…
- 211 Intentional omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bo…
- 212 Knowingly furnishing false information to public servant.
- 213 Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant.
- 214 Being legally bound to state truth, and refusing to answer public servant authorised to q…
- 215 Refusing to sign a statement made to a public servant when legally required to do so.
- 216 Knowingly stating to a public servant on oath as true that which is false.
- 217 Giving false information to a public servant in order to cause him to use his lawful powe…
- 218 Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.
- 219 Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant.
- 220 Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
- 221 Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions.
- 222 Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give such assistance.
- 223 Disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant, if such disobedience c…
- 224 Threat of injury to public servant, etc.
- 225 Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
- 226 Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restraint exercise of lawful power.
Chapter XIV: Of false evidence and offences against public justice
- 229 Intentionally giving or fabricating false evidence in a judicial proceeding.
- 230 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to cause any person to be convicted of c…
- 231 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence puni…
- 232 Threatening any person to give false evidence.
- 233 Using in a judicial proceeding evidence known to be false or fabricated.
- 234 Knowingly issuing or signing a false certificate relating to any fact of which such certi…
- 235 Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point.
- 236 False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
- 237 Using as true any such declaration known to be false.
- 238 Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information to…
- 239 Intentional omission to give information of an offence by a person legally bound to inform.
- 240 Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
- 241 Secreting or destroying any document to prevent its production as evidence.
- 242 False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in a suit or criminal prosecut…
- 243 Fraudulent removal or concealment, etc., of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeitu…
- 244 Claiming property without right, or practising deception touching any right to it, to pre…
- 245 Fraudulently suffering a decree to pass for a sum not due, or suffering decree to be exec…
- 246 False claim in a Court.
- 247 Fraudulently obtaining a decree for a sum not due, or causing a decree to be executed aft…
- 248 False charge of offence made with intent to injure.
- 249 Harbouring an offender, if the offence is punishable with death.
- 250 Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment if the offence is punishable wit…
- 251 Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender if the of…
- 252 Taking gift to help to recover movable property of which a person has been deprived by an…
- 253 Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody, or whose apprehension has been order…
- 254 Harbouring robbers or dacoits.
- 255 Public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment, …
- 256 Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from pun…
- 257 Public servant in a judicial proceeding corruptly making and pronouncing an order, report…
- 258 Commitment for trial or confinement by a person having authority, who knows that he is ac…
- 259 Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehe…
- 260 Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehe…
- 261 Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant.
- 262 Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.
- 263 Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or rescuing him from …
- 264 Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape on part of public servant, in cases not ot…
- 265 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherw…
- 266 Violation of condition of remission of punishment.
- 267 Intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in any stage of a judicial…
- 268 Personation of an assessor.
- 269 Failure by person released on bond or bail bond to appear in Court.
Chapter XV: Of offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals
- 271 Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous…
- 272 Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous…
- 273 Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.
- 274 Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.
- 275 Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.
- 276 Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its effica…
- 277 Sale of adulterated drugs.
- 278 Knowingly selling of drug as a different drug or preparation.
- 279 Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.
- 280 Making atmosphere noxious to health.
- 281 Rash driving or riding on a public way.
- 282 Rash navigation of vessel.
- 283 Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy.
- 284 Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.
- 285 Causing danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.
- 286 Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance.
- 287 Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.
- 288 Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance.
- 289 Negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
- 290 Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.
- 291 Negligent conduct with respect to animal.
- 292 Committing public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
- 293 Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
- 294 Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
- 295 Sale, etc., of obscene objects to child.
- 296 Obscene acts and songs.
- 297 Keeping a lottery office.
Chapter XVI: Of offences relating to religion
- 298 Defiling, etc., place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class.
- 299 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by ins…
- 300 Disturbing religious assembly.
- 301 Trespassing on burial places, etc.
- 302 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings.
Chapter XVII: Of offences against property
- 303 Theft.
- 304 Snatching.
- 305 Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.
- 306 Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master or employer.
- 307 Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committ…
- 308 Extortion.
- 309 Robbery.
- 310 Dacoity.
- 311 Robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
- 312 Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.
- 313 Belonging to a wandering gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committ…
- 314 Dishonest misappropriation of movable property, or converting it to one's own use.
- 315 Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
- 316 Criminal breach of trust.
- 317 Dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen.
- 318 Cheating.
- 319 Cheating by personation.
- 320 Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, etc., to prevent distribution among creditors.
- 321 Dishonest or fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt o…
- 322 Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing a false statement of con…
- 323 Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, of himself or any other person or assistin…
- 324 Mischief.
- 325 Mischief by killing or maiming animal.
- 326 Mischief by causing diminution of supply of water for agricultural purposes, etc.
- 327 Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or a vessel of 20 tonnes burden.
- 328 Running vessel with intent to commit theft, etc.
- 329 Criminal trespass.
- 331 Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking.
- 332 House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with death.
- 333 House-trespass, having made preparation for causing hurt, assault, etc.
- 334 Dishonestly breaking open or unfastening any closed receptacle containing or supposed to …
Chapter XVIII: Of offences relating to documents and to property marks
- 336 Forgery.
- 337 Forgery of a record of a Court or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant.
- 338 Forgery of a valuable security, will, or authority to make or transfer any valuable secur…
- 339 Having possession of a document, knowing it to be forged, with intent to use it as genuin…
- 340 Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.
- 341 Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable …
- 342 Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 33…
- 343 Fraudulently destroying or defacing, or attempting to destroy or deface, or secreting, a …
- 344 Falsification of accounts.
- 345 Using a false property mark with intent to deceive or injure any person.
- 346 Removing, destroying or defacing property mark with intent to cause injury.
- 347 Counterfeiting a property mark used by another, with intent to cause damage or injury.
- 348 Fraudulently making or having possession of any die, plate or other instrument for counte…
- 349 Knowingly selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.
- 350 Fraudulently making a false mark upon any package or receptacle containing goods, with in…
Chapter XIX: Of criminal intimidation, insult, annoyance, defamation, etc.
- 351 Criminal intimidation.
- 352 Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace.
- 353 False statement, rumour, etc., circulated with intent to cause mutiny or offence against …
- 354 Act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine d…
- 355 Appearing in a public place, etc., in a state of intoxication, and causing annoyance to a…
- 356 Defamation against the President or the Vice-President or the Governor of a State or Admi…
- 357 Being bound to attend on or supply the wants of a person who is helpless from youth, unso…
Offences against other laws (Part II of the Schedule)
| Offence | Cognisable | Bailable | Triable by |
|---|---|---|---|
| “If punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for more than 7 years.” | Cognizable. | Non-bailable. | Court of Session. |
| “If punishable with imprisonment for 3 years and upwards but not more than 7 years.” | Cognizable. | Non-bailable. | Magistrate of the first class. |
| “If punishable with imprisonment for less than 3 years or with fine only.” | Non-cognizable. | Bailable. | Any Magistrate. |
Source
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (No. 46 of 2023), Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, No. 54, 25 December 2023: First Schedule, pages 158-189; section 359 Tables, pages 108-111. Copy from the e-Gazette, https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2023/250884.pdf (retrieved 2026-10-28). Chapters from The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (No. 45 of 2023), Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, No. 53, 25 December 2023, https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2023/250883.pdf. IPC equivalents from the Bureau of Police Research and Development (Ministry of Home Affairs), correspondence table BNS to IPC, as read by the statute map (SCRUM-185), https://bprd.mha.gov.in/uploads/pdf/COMPARISON%20SUMMARY%20BNS%20to%20IPC%20.pdf.
The Schedule's words are shown as printed, joined across lines. The Schedule's own note: “(1) In regard to offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the entries in the second and third columns against a section the number of which is given in the first column are not intended as the definition of, and the punishment prescribed for, the offence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, but merely as indication of the substance of the section.” (2) In this Schedule, (i) the expression "Magistrate of the first class" and "any Magistrate" does not include Executive Magistrates; (ii) the word "cognizable" stands for "a police officer may arrest without warrant"; and (iii) the word "non-cognizable" stands for "a police officer shall not arrest without warrant".
Not legal advice. This is the First Schedule and section 359 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 as published in the Gazette of India on 25 December 2023, not legal advice. We have not checked later amendments, State amendments or notifications, or how courts have read these entries. Check the Act before you rely on it.