This section covers rash driving or riding on a public way in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Rash driving or riding on a public way. Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 281 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, rash driving or riding on a public way was covered in S. 279.