Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 299 in BNS
Culpable homicide. Section 299 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Culpable homicide) corresponds to Section 100 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 CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, IPC & Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, worth 18 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
Which of the following is NOT among the safeguards the BNSS prescribes for search of a person?
Answer & explanation
Prior sanction of the District Magistrate in every case
No general requirement of prior sanction exists. The other three are the standard safeguards under §§ 103 and 105 BNSS.
Culpable homicide is defined under:
Answer & explanation
Section 100 BNS
BNS Section 100 corresponds to IPC Section 299. Culpable homicide is the genus and murder the species: all murder is culpable homicide, but not all culpable homicide is murder.
The right of private defence of the body extends to causing death in which circumstance?
Answer & explanation
An assault raising reasonable apprehension of death or grievous hurt
BNS Sections 34 to 44 correspond to IPC Sections 96 to 106. The right does not extend to inflicting more harm than is necessary and is unavailable where there is time to have recourse to public authorities.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 296 | Disturbing religious assembly | 300 |
| 297 | Trespassing on burial places | 301 |
| 298 | Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings | 302 |
| 300 | Murder | 101 |
| 301 | Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than intended | 102 |
| 302 | Punishment for murder | 103(1) |
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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