The 2023 codes
BNS, BNSS and BSA for AIBE
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act from 1 July 2024. For AIBE this creates one practical problem: a question may cite either code, and your bare act contains only one of them.
| Replaced | By | Converter |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Penal Code, 1860 | Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 | 254 sections |
| Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 | Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 | 172 sections |
| Indian Evidence Act, 1872 | Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 | 89 sections |
Which do you carry?
Carry the new codes. Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still tried under the old ones, so a question can legitimately be framed either way — but the syllabus follows the law in force. If you can carry both without exceeding what the centre permits, do.
Changes worth knowing by name
- Section 302 IPC → Section 103 BNS — murder. The most cited renumbering of all. See it →
- Section 420 IPC → Section 318(4) BNS — cheating. See it →
- Section 41A CrPC → Section 35(3) BNSS — notice of appearance instead of arrest. See it →
- Section 65B IEA → Section 63 BSA — electronic evidence, now requiring a hash value and two signatures. See it →
- New offences — organised crime (§ 111 BNS), terrorist act (§ 113), mob lynching (§ 103(2)), snatching (§ 304), and community service as a punishment (§ 4).
- New procedure — trial in absentia for proclaimed offenders (§ 356 BNSS), mandatory forensics for offences carrying seven years or more (§ 176(3)), and judgment within thirty days of arguments (§ 258).
Both codes, on every answer
Every criminal, procedure and evidence answer in our bank cites the old and the new provision, with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.
Practise IPC and BNS All three converters