The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter V
Of Offences Against Woman And Children
37 sections
- Section 63Rape
- Section 64Punishment for rape
- Section 65Punishment for rape in certain cases
- Section 66Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
- Section 67Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
- Section 68Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
- Section 69Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc
- Section 70Gang rape
- Section 71Punishment for repeat offenders
- Section 72Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc
- Section 73Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
- Section 74Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
- Section 75Sexual harassment
- Section 76Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
- Section 77Voyeurism
- Section 78Stalking
- Section 79Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
- Section 80Dowry death
- Section 81Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
- Section 82Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
- Section 83Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
- Section 84Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
- Section 85Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- Section 86Cruelty defined
- Section 87Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
- Section 88Causing miscarriage
- Section 89Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
- Section 90Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
- Section 91Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
- Section 92Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
- Section 93Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
- Section 94Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
- Section 95Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
- Section 96Procuration of child
- Section 97Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
- Section 98Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc
- Section 99Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc
Chapter V
Of Offences Against Woman And Children
37 sections
- Section 63Rape
- Section 64Punishment for rape
- Section 65Punishment for rape in certain cases
- Section 66Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
- Section 67Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
- Section 68Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
- Section 69Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc
- Section 70Gang rape
- Section 71Punishment for repeat offenders
- Section 72Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc
- Section 73Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
- Section 74Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
- Section 75Sexual harassment
- Section 76Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
- Section 77Voyeurism
- Section 78Stalking
- Section 79Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
- Section 80Dowry death
- Section 81Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
- Section 82Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
- Section 83Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
- Section 84Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
- Section 85Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- Section 86Cruelty defined
- Section 87Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
- Section 88Causing miscarriage
- Section 89Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
- Section 90Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
- Section 91Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
- Section 92Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
- Section 93Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
- Section 94Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
- Section 95Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
- Section 96Procuration of child
- Section 97Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
- Section 98Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc
- Section 99Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc
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.