This section covers causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence. Whoever administers to or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating or unwholesome … Read more
This section covers kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging (1) Whoever kidnaps any child or, not being the lawful guardian of such child, obtains the custody of the child, in order that such child may be … Read more
This section covers voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc. in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc. (1) Whoever causes permanent or partial damage or deformity to, or burns or maims or disfigures or disables, any part or parts of the body of a … Read more
This section covers kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom etc. in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc. (1) Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to … Read more
This section covers act endangering life or personal safety of others in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act endangering life or personal safety of others. Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a … Read more
This section covers wrongful restraint in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement. Wrongful restraint. (1) Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person. Exception.—The obstruction … Read more
This section covers wrongful confinement in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Wrongful confinement. (1) Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said “wrongfully to confine” that person. Illustrations. (a) A causes Z to go within a walled space, and locks … Read more
This section covers force in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to that other, or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion as brings that substance … Read more
This section covers criminal force in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Criminal force. Whoever intentionally uses force to any person, without that person’s consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending by the use of such force to cause, or knowing it to be likely that by the use of such … Read more
This section covers assault in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Assault Whoever makes any gesture, or any preparation intending or knowing it to be likely that such gesture or preparation will cause any person present to apprehend that he who makes that gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force to that person, … Read more