Act 45 of 2023 · In force 1 July 2024
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The criminal code that replaced the IPC. Each chapter below shows its section range, and the sections people look up most show the IPC number they came from, so you can work from either end.
- sections
- 358
- sections
- chapters
- 20
- chapters
- IPC → BNS mappings
- 551
- IPC → BNS mappings
Have an IPC number? Convert it to BNS
Most looked up
BNS 318
Cheating
was IPC 420
Read § 318 →BNS 103
Punishment for murder
was IPC 302
Read § 103 →BNS 85
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
was IPC 498A
Read § 85 →BNS 64
Punishment for rape
was IPC 376
Read § 64 →BNS 115
Voluntarily causing hurt
was IPC 323
Read § 115 →BNS 351
Criminal intimidation
was IPC 506
Read § 351 →All 20 chapters
Chapter XVII — Of offences against property
The main property offences in §§ 303–334, with the IPC sections each one replaced.
All 32 sections in Chapter XVII
| BNS | Section | Was IPC |
|---|---|---|
| 303 | Theft | 378, 379 |
| 308 | Extortion | 383–389 |
| 309 | Robbery | 390, 392–394 |
| 310 | Dacoity | 391, 395–399 |
| 314 | Dishonest misappropriation of movable property | 403 |
| 316 | Criminal breach of trust | 405–409 |
| 317 | Stolen property | 410–414 |
| 318 | Cheating | 415, 417, 418, 420 |
| 319 | Cheating by personation | 416, 419 |
| 324 | Mischief | 425–427 |
The other two new laws
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
531 sections · replaced the CrPC — start with § 483, regular bail
Read § 483 →Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
170 sections · replaced the Evidence Act