The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Browse by chapter
20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter XVII
Of Offences Against Property
32 sections
- Section 303Theft
- Section 304Snatching
- Section 305Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc
- Section 306Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
- Section 307Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of theft
- Section 308Extortion
- Section 309Robbery
- Section 310Dacoity
- Section 311Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
- Section 312Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
- Section 313Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
- Section 314Dishonest misappropriation of property
- Section 315Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
- Section 316Criminal breach of trust
- Section 317Stolen property
- Section 318Cheating
- Section 319Cheating by personation
- Section 320Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 321Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
- Section 322Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
- Section 323Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
- Section 324Mischief
- Section 325Mischief by killing or maiming animal
- Section 326Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc
- Section 327Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
- Section 328Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
- Section 329Criminal trespass and house-trespass
- Section 330House-trespass and house-breaking
- Section 331Punishment for house-trespass or house breaking
- Section 332House-trespass in order to commit offence
- Section 333House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 334Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
Chapter XVII
Of Offences Against Property
32 sections
- Section 303Theft
- Section 304Snatching
- Section 305Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc
- Section 306Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
- Section 307Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of theft
- Section 308Extortion
- Section 309Robbery
- Section 310Dacoity
- Section 311Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
- Section 312Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
- Section 313Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
- Section 314Dishonest misappropriation of property
- Section 315Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
- Section 316Criminal breach of trust
- Section 317Stolen property
- Section 318Cheating
- Section 319Cheating by personation
- Section 320Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 321Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
- Section 322Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
- Section 323Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
- Section 324Mischief
- Section 325Mischief by killing or maiming animal
- Section 326Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc
- Section 327Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
- Section 328Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
- Section 329Criminal trespass and house-trespass
- Section 330House-trespass and house-breaking
- Section 331Punishment for house-trespass or house breaking
- Section 332House-trespass in order to commit offence
- Section 333House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 334Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
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.