Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 302 in BNS
Punishment for murder. Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Punishment for murder) corresponds to Section 103(1) 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.
Punishment for murder is provided under which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita?
Answer & explanation
Section 103
BNS Section 101 defines murder and Section 103 prescribes the punishment, corresponding to IPC Sections 300 and 302 respectively. The punishment remains death or imprisonment for life, and fine.
Murder committed by a group of five or more persons on grounds of race, caste, community, sex, place of birth, language or personal belief is punishable under:
Answer & explanation
Section 103(2) BNS
This is the mob lynching provision, new to the BNS. The punishment is death or imprisonment for life, and fine.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 299 | Culpable homicide | 100 |
| 300 | Murder | 101 |
| 301 | Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than intended | 102 |
| 303 | Punishment for murder by life-convict | 104 |
| 304 | Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder | 105 |
| 304A | Causing death by negligence | 106(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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