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    NEW INDIAN LAWS: DR ATUL GUPTA, MD, Forensic Medicine

    Yellow highlighted are most important

    Indian Laws changed:

    • IPC changed to BNS (Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita). A total of 358 sections

    • CrPc changed to BNSS (Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita). A total of 531 sections

    • IEA changed to BSA (Bhartiya Sakshya Act)

    Important BNS

    Category BNS
    1. V a r i o u s Definition 2 BNS

    2. Criminal Responsibility (based on age, mental 20 - 24 BNS


    illness and intoxication)
    3. Consent 25 – 30 BNS
    4. Sexual offences 63 – 79 BNS
    5. Offences Related to marriage 80 – 87 BNS
    6. Criminal Abortion 88-92 BNS
    7. Offences against child 93 – 99 BNS
    8.Offences affecting life ( Murder, Suicide etc) 100 – 113 BNS
    9. Hurt, grievous hurt etc. 114 – 125 BNS
    10. Criminal force, assault etc 128 – 136 BNS
    11. False evidence 227 – 246 BNS

    2 BNS: Various Definitions


    Subsection 6 of 2 BNS: Death
    Subsection 14 of 2 BNS: Injury
    Subsection 17 of 2 BNS: Life

    20 -24 BNS: Criminal Responsibility (based on age, mental illness and intoxication)
    20 BNS: Child < 7 years, not responsible
    21 BNS: 7-12 years, +/- responsibility, courtdecision
    22 BNS: Criminal responsibility of Mentally ill (McNaughten’s)
    23 BNS: Involuntary intoxication
    24 BNS: Voluntary intoxication

    25 – 30 BNS: Consent
    25 BNS: Act not intended and not known to likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by
    consent.
    26 BNS: Act not intended to cause death, done in good faith for person's benefit by consent
    (e.g. surgeon doing risky surgery with consent).
    27 BNS: Act in good faith for a person <12 years of age, or mentally ill by consent of the
    guardian.
    28 BNS: Consent under fear, misconception, < 12 year, mentally unsound, intoxication not
    valid
    29 BNS: Consent for acts which are offence is not valid (e.g. criminal abortion)
    30 BNS: Act done in good faith for benefit of a person “without consent” in emergency

    63 – 79 BNS: Sexual Offences


    63 BNS: Def. Of Rape
    Minimum age of girl for consent for sex: 18 yrs

    64 BNS: Punishment for rape (10 years to Life)

    65 BNS: Punishment for Rape in certain cases


    < 16 yrs of girl (20 years to Life)
    < 12 yrs of girl (20 years to Death)

    66 BNS: Causing death/ vegetative state ofvictim while committing rape (20 yrs- Death)

    67 BNS: Sex by husband during separation (2-7yrs)

    68 BNS: Sex by person in authority (5-10 yrs)

    69 BNS: Sex by using deceitful means, e.g. false promise of marriage (upto 10 years)

    70 BNS: Gang rape


    > 18 years (20yrs - life)
    < 18 years (Life imprisonment- death)

    71 BNS: Repeat offender (Life imprisonment - death)

    72 BNS: Disclosure of identity of rape victim (upto 2 years)

    73 BNS: Publishing any matter related to court proceedings (upto 2 years)

    74 BNS: Sexual assault by criminal force (1-5 yrs)

    75 BNS: Sexual harassment


    physical contact / request for sexual favours / showing pornography (upto 3 years)
    b) Sexually coloured remarks (upto 1 year)

    76 BNS: Removal of clothes of woman (3-7 years)

    77 BNS: Voyeurism
    1st Offence (1-3 years)
    2nd Offence (3-7 years)

    78 BNS: Stalking
    1st Offence (upto 3 years)
    2nd Offence (upto 5 years)

    79 BNS: Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of woman. (upto 3 years)

    80 – 87 BNS: Offences related to marriage


    80 BNS: Dowry Death. It is death of women within 7 years of marriage (7 yrs to life)

    85 BNS: Women subjected to cruelty by husband or in laws (upto 3 years)

    88 – 92 BNS: Criminal Abortion


    88 BNS: Criminal abortion with mother’s consent

    89 BNS Abortion without mother’s consent


    90 BNS: Death of mother due to abortion

    91 BNS: Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.

    92 BNS: Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide eg. Hitting
    abdomen

    93 – 99 BNS: Offences against children

    93 BNS: Child <12 yrs abandoned by parents


    94 BNS: Newborn death concealment

    100 - 113 BNS: Offences affecting Life (murder, suicide etc.)

    100 BNS: Def. Of Culpable homicide

    101 BNS: Def. Of Murder

    103 BNS: Punishment for Murder

    105 BNS: Punishment for Culpable homicide notamounting to murder

    106 BNS: Death due to negligence (Punishment up to 5 years; but for medical negligence up to 2 years)

    107, 108 BNS: Abetment of suicide

    109 BNS: Attempt to murder

    110 BNS: Attempt to culpable homicide

    114-125 BNS: Hurt, Grievous Hurt

    114 BNS: Def. Of hurt

    115 BNS: "Voluntarily” causing hurt

    116 BNS: Def. Of grievous hurt

    117 BNS: "Voluntarily” causing grievous hurt

    118 BNS: Hurt or G. Hurt by “dangerous weapon”

    122 BNS: Hurt or G. Hurt on “Provocation”

    123 BNS: Hurt by “Poison”

    124 BNS: G. Hurt by Acid (Throwing or administrating etc)

    128 – 136 BNS: Criminal Force and Assault

    129: Defines criminal force


    130: Defines Assault (attempt or threat to use criminal force)

    227 – 246 BNS: False Evidence


    227 BNS: Perjury definition (Giving false evidence)

    228 BNS: Fabricating false evidence

    229 BNS: Punishment for perjury (false evidence- upto 7 years)

    234 BNS: Issuing False certificates

    238 BNS: disappearance of evidence of offence

    296 BNS: Obscene acts (Exhibitionism)

    Important BNSS

    2 BNSS: Various definitions (including Definitions of various types of offences, like bailable,
    cognizable, warrant case, summon case etc) offences

    33 BNSS: Crime information to police

    51 BNSS: Med Exam of arrested person for any offence (forceful examination allowed)

    52 BNSS: Med Exam of arrested person accused of rape (forceful examination allowed)

    63 – 71 BNSS: Summons

    184 BNSS: Medical examination of victim of rape

    194 BNSS: Police Inquest

    196 B N S S : Magistrate inquest

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