Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 124A in BNS
Sedition. Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Sedition) corresponds to Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Where this sits in the exam
This provision is examined under IPC & Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, worth 8 of the 100 marks in AIBE XXII. The paper permits bare acts but bans notes, so what matters is finding it quickly, not reciting the number.
Questions that turn on this section
Sedition, as it stood in § 124A IPC, has been:
Answer & explanation
Replaced by § 152 BNS, framed around acts endangering sovereignty and unity
§ 152 BNS is narrower in form but wider in some respects; the word 'sedition' does not appear.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 122 | Collecting arms with intention of waging war | 149 |
| 123 | Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war | 150 |
| 124 | Assaulting President or Governor with intent to compel or restrain | 151 |
| 125 | Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India | 153 |
| 141 | Unlawful assembly | 189(1) |
| 143 | Punishment for being member of unlawful assembly | 189(2) |
Practise it
Cutoff has AIBE XXII questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free, no account needed.
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