The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter VII
Of Offences Against The State
12 sections
- Section 147Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India
- Section 148Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147
- Section 149Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
- Section 150Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
- Section 151Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
- Section 152Acts endangering sovereignty unity and integrity of India
- Section 153Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with the Government of India
- Section 154Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with the Government of India
- Section 155Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154
- Section 156Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to escape
- Section 157Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
- Section 158Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
Chapter VII
Of Offences Against The State
12 sections
- Section 147Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India
- Section 148Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147
- Section 149Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
- Section 150Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
- Section 151Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
- Section 152Acts endangering sovereignty unity and integrity of India
- Section 153Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with the Government of India
- Section 154Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with the Government of India
- Section 155Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154
- Section 156Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to escape
- Section 157Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
- Section 158Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
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.