This section covers exclusion of acts which are offences independent of harm caused in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused. The exceptions in sections 25, 26 and 27 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause, or … Read more
This section covers act done in good faith for benefit of person without consent in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent. Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it is done … Read more
This section covers communication made in good faith in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Communication made in good faith. No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person. Illustration. A, a … Read more
This section covers act to which a person is compelled by threats in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act to which a person is compelled by threats. Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by … Read more
This section covers act causing slight harm in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act causing slight harm. Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person … Read more
This section covers things done in private defence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Of right of private defence. Things done in private defence. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. What was the old IPC code for Section 34 of BNS 2023? In the … Read more
This section covers right of private defence of body and property in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Right of private defence of body and of property Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend— (a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any … Read more
This section covers right of private defence against person with mental illness in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by reason of the youth, the want of maturity … Read more
This section covers commutation of sentence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Commutation of Sentence: The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Explanation: For the purposes of this section … Read more
This section covers fractions and terms of punishment in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Fractions of Terms of Punishment: In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided. What was the old IPC code for Section 6 of BNS 2023? … Read more