Act 45 of 2023, in force 1 July 2024, replacing the Indian Penal Code 1860. 358 sections in 20 chapters. The BNS numbering is the operative one throughout.
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
s. s. 1(3)-(6)
Covered in Unit 1 · Crime, the Sanhita, and How to Read It.
s. s. 1 read with the general rules of construction of penal statutes
Covered in Unit 1 · Crime, the Sanhita, and How to Read It.
s. s. 3(5)
Covered in Unit 2 · Definitions and General Explanations.
s. s. 6 read with ss. 4(b) and 5
Covered in Unit 3 · Punishments.
s. s. 26
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. s. 28
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. s. 30
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. s. 31
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. s. 37(2) read with s. 101 Exception 2
Covered in Unit 4 · General Exceptions.
s. s. 62
Covered in Unit 5 · Abetment, Conspiracy and Attempt.
s. s. 101 Exception 1
Covered in Unit 7 · Offences Affecting the Human Body.
s. s. 101(c)
Covered in Unit 7 · Offences Affecting the Human Body.
s. s. 106(1)
Covered in Unit 3 · Medical Negligence and Remedies.
s. s. 137(1)(b) read with ss. 2(3) and 137(2)
Covered in Unit 7 · Offences Affecting the Human Body.
s. s. 152
Covered in Unit 8 · Offences Against the State, the Forces, Elections and Currency.
s. s. 190 read with s. 3(5)
Covered in Unit 9 · Public Tranquillity, Public Servants and Contempt of Lawful Authority.
s. s. 294
Covered in Unit 11 · Public Health, Safety, Decency, Morals and Religion.
s. s. 303
Covered in Unit 12 · Offences Against Property.
s. s. 318
Covered in Unit 12 · Offences Against Property.
s. s. 336 read with s. 335
Covered in Unit 13 · Documents, Property Marks, Intimidation and Defamation.
s. ss. 2(7), 2(9), 2(36) and 2(37)
Covered in Unit 2 · Definitions and General Explanations.
s. ss. 11 and 12
Covered in Unit 3 · Punishments.
s. ss. 20 and 21, read with s. 36
Covered in Unit 4 · General Exceptions.
s. ss. 27 and 28
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. ss. 34, 35, 37, 38 and 40
Covered in Unit 4 · General Exceptions.
s. ss. 63 and 64
Covered in Unit 6 · Offences Against Women and Children.
s. ss. 85 and 86
Covered in Unit 6 · Offences Against Women and Children.
s. ss. 100, 101, 103(1) and 105
Covered in Unit 7 · Offences Affecting the Human Body.
s. ss. 106(1) and 121
Covered in Unit 3 · Medical Negligence and Remedies.
s. ss. 189 and 190
Covered in Unit 9 · Public Tranquillity, Public Servants and Contempt of Lawful Authority.
s. ss. 227 and 229
Covered in Unit 10 · False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice.
s. ss. 314 and 316 read with s. 303
Covered in Unit 12 · Offences Against Property.
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