The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter XIV
Of False Evidence And Offences Against Public Justice
43 sections
- Section 227Giving false evidence
- Section 228Fabricating false evidence
- Section 229Punishment for false evidence
- Section 230Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
- Section 231Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
- Section 232Threatening any person to give false evidence
- Section 233Using evidence known to be false
- Section 234Issuing or signing false certificate
- Section 235Using as true a certificate known to be false
- Section 236False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
- Section 237Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
- Section 238Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
- Section 239Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
- Section 240Giving false information respecting an offence committed
- Section 241Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence
- Section 242False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
- Section 243Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 244Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 245Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
- Section 246Dishonestly making false claim in Court
- Section 247Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
- Section 248False charge of offence made with intent to injure
- Section 249Harbouring offender
- Section 250Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
- Section 251Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
- Section 252Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
- Section 253Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
- Section 254Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
- Section 255Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 256Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 257Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
- Section 258Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
- Section 259Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
- Section 260Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
- Section 261Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
- Section 262Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
- Section 263Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
- Section 264Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
- Section 265Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
- Section 266Violation of condition of remission of punishment
- Section 267Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
- Section 268Personation of an assessor
- Section 269Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in court
Chapter XIV
Of False Evidence And Offences Against Public Justice
43 sections
- Section 227Giving false evidence
- Section 228Fabricating false evidence
- Section 229Punishment for false evidence
- Section 230Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
- Section 231Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
- Section 232Threatening any person to give false evidence
- Section 233Using evidence known to be false
- Section 234Issuing or signing false certificate
- Section 235Using as true a certificate known to be false
- Section 236False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
- Section 237Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
- Section 238Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
- Section 239Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
- Section 240Giving false information respecting an offence committed
- Section 241Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence
- Section 242False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
- Section 243Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 244Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 245Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
- Section 246Dishonestly making false claim in Court
- Section 247Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
- Section 248False charge of offence made with intent to injure
- Section 249Harbouring offender
- Section 250Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
- Section 251Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
- Section 252Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
- Section 253Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
- Section 254Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
- Section 255Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 256Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 257Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
- Section 258Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
- Section 259Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
- Section 260Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
- Section 261Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
- Section 262Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
- Section 263Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
- Section 264Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
- Section 265Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
- Section 266Violation of condition of remission of punishment
- Section 267Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
- Section 268Personation of an assessor
- Section 269Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in court
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.