Act 45 of 2023, in force 1 July 2024, replacing the Indian Penal Code 1860. 358 sections in 20 chapters.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 2(7)
s. 2(33)
s. 2(36)
s. 3(1)
s. 3(5)
s. 3(7)
s. 23
s. 34
s. 41
s. 62
s. 63
s. 64
s. 74
s. 79
s. 87
s. 100
s. 101
s. 101(a)
s. 101(c)
s. 101(d)
s. 103
s. 103(1)
s. 105
s. 106(1)
s. 106(2)
s. 115
s. 124A
s. 137(1)
s. 137(1)(b)
s. 137(2)
s. 138
s. 148
s. 149
s. 152
s. 190
s. 196
s. 197
s. 238
s. 270
Covered in Unit 10 · Nuisance.
s. 299
s. 300
s. 300(4)
s. 302
s. 303
s. 303(2)
s. 304
s. 307
s. 318
s. 318(4)
s. 353
s. 354
s. 361
s. 363
s. 366
s. 376
s. 378
s. 379
s. 420
s. 505
s. 509
s. 511
Cases on this Act
- Abhayanand Mishra v State of Bihar (1961)
- Malkiat Singh v State of Punjab (1969) and State of Maharashtra v Mohd. Yakub (1980)
- State of Punjab v Gurmit Singh (1996)
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill v State (2005) — the "outraging modesty" case
- Maina Singh v State of Rajasthan (1976)
- Rawalpenta Venkalu v State of Hyderabad (1956)
- Palani Goundan v Emperor (1919) and In re Thavamani (1943)
- Emperor v Dhirajia (1940) and Gyarsibai v The State (1953)
- Virsa Singh v State of Punjab (1958)
- State of A.P. v Rayavarapu Punnayya (1977)
- K.M. Nanavati v State of Maharashtra (1962)
- Ghapoo Yadav v State of M.P. (2003)
- K.N. Mehra v State of Rajasthan (1957)
- Pyare Lal Bhargava v State of Rajasthan (1963)
- Mahadeo Prasad v State of West Bengal (1954)
- Cherubin Gregory v State of Bihar (1964) and S.N. Hussain v State of A.P. (1972) — the negligence pair
- Kedar Nath Singh v State of Bihar (1962) — sedition read down, and what s. 152 BNS now says
- Vinod Dua v Union of India (2021) — Kedar Nath applied to a journalist, and the FIR quashed
- S. Varadarajan v State of Madras (1965) — "taking" a minor out of guardianship needs the accused's active part
- Thakorlal D. Vadgama v State of Gujarat (1973) — "entices" reaches the slow allurement that precedes the leaving