Law Faculty

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 9 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Limit of Punishment of Offence Made Up of Several Offences (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender…

Section 8 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Amount of Fine, Liability in Default of Payment of Fine, etc. (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is…

Section 7 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Sentence May Be (In Certain Cases of Imprisonment) Wholly or Partly Rigorous or Simple In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it…

Section 6 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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 otherwise provided.

Section 5 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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 of the Bharatiya Nagarik…

Section 4 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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) Rigorous, that is, with…