Law Faculty

Chapter III General Exceptions 14. 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 of a mistake…

Section 13 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction 13. Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction. Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter…

Section 12 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Limit of solitary confinement 12. 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…

Section 11 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Solitary confinement 11. 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…

Section 10 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which 10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is…

Section 9 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences. (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of…

Section 8 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. 8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a…

Section 7 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple 7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. In every case…

Section 6 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Fractions of terms of punishment 6. Fractions of terms of punishment. In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless…

Section 5 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Commutation of sentence 5. Commutation of sentence. The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474…

Section 4 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishments 4. Punishments. The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are- (a) Death; (b) Imprisonment for life; (c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:- (1)…

Section 3 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – General explanations 3. General explanations. (1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to…

Section 2 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Definitions 2. Definitions In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single act; (2) “animal” means any living creature, other than…

Section 1 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Short title, commencement and application (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in…