The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter XII
Of Offences By Or Relating To Public Servants
8 sections
- Section 198Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
- Section 199Public servant disobeying direction under law
- Section 200Punishment for non-treatment of victim
- Section 201Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
- Section 202Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
- Section 203Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
- Section 204Personating a public servant
- Section 205Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
Chapter XII
Of Offences By Or Relating To Public Servants
8 sections
- Section 198Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
- Section 199Public servant disobeying direction under law
- Section 200Punishment for non-treatment of victim
- Section 201Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
- Section 202Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
- Section 203Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
- Section 204Personating a public servant
- Section 205Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
About the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) is India’s primary criminal code. It came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), which had governed criminal offences in India for over 160 years. The BNS is one of three criminal-law statutes overhauled in 2023 — alongside the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (which replaced the CrPC) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (which replaced the Indian Evidence Act).
The act runs to roughly 358 sections, organised into 20 chapters. While the substantive structure largely mirrors the IPC, the BNS reorganises offences, introduces community service as a form of punishment, codifies new offences (such as terrorism and organised crime) and removes archaic categories that had fallen out of use. Where a BNS section has a direct IPC ancestor, the corresponding IPC section is noted on the section page.
This page indexes the full text of every BNS section, sourced and kept current with official notifications. Use the search above to find a section by keyword (e.g. “rape”, “abetment”) or by section number. Use the IPC converter if you’re translating an older IPC reference into its BNS equivalent.