Law Faculty

Section 207 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof. 207. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof. Whoever in any manner intentionally prevents the serving on…

Section 206 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding. Chapter XIII Of Contempts of The Lawful Authority of Public Servants 206. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding. Whoever absconds…

Section 205 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent. 205. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent. Whoever, not belonging to a certain class…

Section 204 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Personating a public servant. 204. Personating a public servant. Whoever pretends to hold any particular office as a public servant, knowing that he does not hold such office or falsely personates any…

Section 203 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property. 203. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property. Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to…

Section 202 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade. 202. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade. Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engage in trade, engages…

Section 201 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. 201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such…

Section 200 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishment for nontreatment of victim. 200. Punishment for non treatment of victim. Whoever, being in charge of a hospital, public or private, whether run by the Central Government, the State Government, local…

Section 199 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Public servant disobeying direction under law. 199. Public servant disobeying direction under law. Whoever, being a public servant,- (a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the…

Section 198 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person. Chapter XII Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants 198. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury…

Section 197 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration. 197. Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration. (1) Whoever, by words either spoken or written or by signs or by visible representations or through electronic communication…

Section 196 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Promoting Enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony. 196. Promoting Enmity between different groups on grounds…

Section 195 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc. 195. Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc. (1) Whoever assaults or obstructs any public servant or uses criminal force on…

Section 194 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Affray. 194. Affray. (1) When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to commit an affray. (2) Whoever commits an affray, shall…

Section 193 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place. 193. Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes…

Section 192 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot – if rioting be committed; if not committed. 192. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed. Whoever…

Section 191 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Rioting. 191. Rioting. (1) Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such…

Section 190 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object. 190. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object. If an offence…

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…