Law Faculty

Section 189 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Unlawful assembly. Chapter XI Of Offences Against The Public Tranquillity 189. Unlawful assembly. (1) An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the common object of the…

Section 188 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint. 188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint. Whoever, without lawful authority, takes out of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, shall…

Section 187 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law. 187. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition…

Section 186 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Prohibition of Fictitious stamps. 186. Prohibition of Fictitious stamps. (1) Whoever- (a) makes, knowingly utters, deals in or sells any fictitious stamp, or knowingly uses for any postal purpose any fictitious stamp;…

Section 185 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used. 185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used. Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to Government, erases or removes…

Section 184 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Using Government stamp known to have been before used. 184. Using Government stamp known to have been before used. Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, uses for…

Section 183 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government. 183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or…

Section 182 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes. 182. Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes. (1) Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or…

Section 181 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes. 181. Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or…

Section 180 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Possession of 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. Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit…

Section 179 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes. 179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes. Whoever imports or exports, or sells or…

Section 178 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes. Chapter X Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, and Government Stamps 178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes. Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs…

Section 177 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Failure to keep election accounts. 177. Failure to keep election accounts. Whoever being required by any law for the time being in force or any rule having the force of law to…

Section 176 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Illegal payments in connection with an election. 176. Illegal payments in connection with an election. Whoever without the general or special authority in writing of a candidate incurs or authorises expenses on…

Section 175 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – False statement in connection with an election. 175. False statement in connection with an election. Whoever with intent to affect the result of an election makes or publishes any statement purporting to…

Section 174 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election. 174. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election. Whoever commits the offence of undue influence or personation at an election shall…

Section 173 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishment for bribery. 173. Punishment for bribery. Whoever commits the offence of bribery shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with…

Section 172 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Personation at elections. 172. Personation at elections. Whoever at an election applies for a voting paper on votes in the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in a…

Section 171 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Undue influence at elections. 171. Undue influence at elections. (1) Whoever voluntarily interferes or attempts to interfere with the free exercise of any electoral right commits the offence of undue influence at…

Section 170 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Bribery. 170. Bribery. (1) Whoever- (i) gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person…

Section 169 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Candidate, electoral right defined. Chapter IX Of Offences Relating to Elections 169. Candidate, electoral right defined. For the purposes of this Chapter- (a) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as…

Section 168 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman. 168. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman. Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman in…

Section 167 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Persons subject to certain Acts. 167. Persons subject to certain Acts. No person subject to the Air Force Act, 1950, the Army Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957, or shall be…

Section 166 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman. 166. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman. Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination…

Section 165 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master. 165. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on…