Section 19 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Likely to Cause Harm, but Done Without Criminal Intent, and to Prevent Other Harm Nothing is an offence merely by reason of its being done with the knowledge that it is…
Section 18 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Accident in Doing a Lawful Act Nothing is an offence which is done by accident or misfortune, and without any criminal intention or knowledge in the doing of a lawful act in…
Section 17 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Done by a Person Justified, or by Mistake of Fact Believing Himself Justified, by Law Nothing is an offence which is done by any person who is justified by law, or…
Section 16 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Done Pursuant to Judgment or Order of Court Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of, a Court; if done whilst such…
Section 15 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act of Judge When Acting Judicially Nothing is an offence which is done by a Judge when acting judicially in the exercise of any power which is, or which in good faith…
Section 14 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Done by a Person Bound, or by Mistake of Fact Believing Himself Bound, by Law Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason…
Section 13 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Enhanced Punishment for Certain Offences After Previous Conviction Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment…
Section 12 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Limit of Solitary Confinement 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…
Section 11 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Solitary Confinement 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…
Section 10 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishment of Person Guilty of One of Several Offences, Judgment Stating that it is Doubtful of Which In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one…