The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Central Act · Act 45 of 2023358 provisions2,553 citing judgments

The enactment

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• Section 201 Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
• Section 202 Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
• Section 203 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.1 citing judgment
• Section 204 Personating a public servant.1 citing judgment
• Section 205 Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
• Section 206 Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
• Section 207 Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
• Section 208 Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
• Section 209 Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.30 citing judgments
• Section 210 Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
• Section 211 Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.
• Section 212 Furnishing false information.
• Section 213 Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
• Section 214 Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
• Section 215 Refusing to sign statement.
• Section 216 False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.1 citing judgment
• Section 217 False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person.1 citing judgment
• Section 218 Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant.
• Section 219 Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
• Section 220 Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
• Section 221 Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.1 citing judgment
• Section 222 Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
• Section 223 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.10 citing judgments
• Section 224 Threat of injury to public servant.
• Section 225 Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
• Section 226 Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.
• Section 227 Giving false evidence.
• Section 228 Fabricating false evidence.
• Section 229 Punishment for false evidence.1 citing judgment
• Section 230 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.1 citing judgment
• Section 231 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.
• Section 232 Threatening any person to give false evidence.
• Section 233 Using evidence known to be false.1 citing judgment
• Section 234 Issuing or signing false certificate.
• Section 235 Using as true a certificate known to be false.
• Section 236 False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
• Section 237 Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
• Section 238 Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender.14 citing judgments
• Section 239 Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.
• Section 240 Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
• Section 241 Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.1 citing judgment
• Section 242 False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.1 citing judgment
• Section 243 Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
• Section 244 Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
• Section 245 Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due.
• Section 246 Dishonestly making false claim in Court.
• Section 247 Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due.
• Section 248 False charge of offence made with intent to injure.1 citing judgment
• Section 249 Harbouring offender.1 citing judgment
• Section 250 Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment.1 citing judgment
• Section 251 Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.
• Section 252 Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
• Section 253 Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.
• Section 254 Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits.
• Section 255 Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
• Section 256 Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
• Section 257 Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law.
• Section 258 Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
• Section 259 Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend.
• Section 260 Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed.
• Section 261 Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
• Section 262 Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.2 citing judgments
• Section 263 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person.
• Section 264 Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for
• Section 265 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
• Section 266 Violation of condition of remission of punishment.
• Section 267 Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.
• Section 268 Personation of assessor.
• Section 269 Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court.690 citing judgments
• Section 270 Public nuisance.
• Section 271 Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.1 citing judgment
• Section 272 Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
• Section 273 Disobedience to quarantine rule.
• Section 274 Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale.5 citing judgments
• Section 275 Sale of noxious food or drink.1 citing judgment
• Section 276 Adulteration of drugs.
• Section 277 Sale of adulterated drugs.
• Section 278 Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.
• Section 279 Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.
• Section 280 Making atmosphere noxious to health.
• Section 281 Rash driving or riding on a public way.13 citing judgments
• Section 282 Rash navigation of vessel.
• Section 283 Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy.
• Section 284 Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.
• Section 285 Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.2 citing judgments
• Section 286 Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance.
• Section 287 Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.1 citing judgment
• Section 288 Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance.5 citing judgments
• Section 289 Negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
• Section 290 Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.1 citing judgment
• Section 291 Negligent conduct with respect to animal.2 citing judgments
• Section 292 Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.1 citing judgment
• Section 293 Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.1 citing judgment
• Section 294 Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.1 citing judgment
• Section 295 Sale, etc., of obscene objects to child.
• Section 296 Obscene acts and songs.2 citing judgments
• Section 297 Keeping lottery office.
• Section 298 Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class.2 citing judgments
• Section 299 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.6 citing judgments
• Section 300 Disturbing religious assembly.
• Section 301 Trespassing on burial places, etc.
• Section 302 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.1 citing judgment
• Section 303 Theft.19 citing judgments
• Section 304 Snatching.10 citing judgments
• Section 305 Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.27 citing judgments
• Section 306 Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master.12 citing judgments
• Section 307 Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft.9 citing judgments
• Section 308 Extortion.4 citing judgments
• Section 309 Robbery.7 citing judgments
• Section 310 Dacoity.1 citing judgment
• Section 311 Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.14 citing judgments
• Section 312 Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.
• Section 313 Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc.1 citing judgment
• Section 314 Dishonest misappropriation of property.2 citing judgments
• Section 315 Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
• Section 316 Criminal breach of trust.3 citing judgments
• Section 317 Stolen property.2 citing judgments
• Section 318 Cheating.10 citing judgments
• Section 319 Cheating by personation.1 citing judgment
• Section 320 Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors.
• Section 321 Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors.
• Section 322 Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration.
• Section 323 Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property.1 citing judgment
• Section 324 Mischief.2 citing judgments
• Section 325 Mischief by killing or maiming animal.3 citing judgments
• Section 326 Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.3 citing judgments
• Section 327 Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden.
• Section 328 Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
• Section 329 Criminal trespass and house-trespass.4 citing judgments
• Section 330 House-trespass and hous-ebreaking.
• Section 331 Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking.3 citing judgments
• Section 332 House-trespass in order to commit offence.
• Section 333 House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint.3 citing judgments
• Section 334 Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.1 citing judgment
• Section 335 Making a false document.1 citing judgment
• Section 336 Forgery.1 citing judgment
• Section 337 Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.
• Section 338 Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.10 citing judgments
• Section 339 Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.1 citing judgment
• Section 340 Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.1 citing judgment
• Section 341 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.
• Section 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
• Section 343 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
• Section 344 Falsification of accounts.
• Section 345 Property mark.
• Section 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
• Section 347 Counterfeiting a property mark.
• Section 348 Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
• Section 349 Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.1 citing judgment
• Section 350 Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods.
• Section 351 Criminal intimidation.4 citing judgments
• Section 352 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.5 citing judgments
• Section 353 Statements conducing to public mischief.3 citing judgments
• Section 354 Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.
• Section 355 Misconduct in public by a drunken person.
• Section 356 Defamation.1 citing judgment
• Section 357 Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
• Section 358 Repeal and savings.1 citing judgment