Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 318 in BNS
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. Section 318 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) corresponds to Section 94 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
A summons to produce a document or other thing is issued under:
Answer & explanation
Section 94 BNSS
This corresponds to Section 91 CrPC. The court or officer in charge may require production of any document or thing necessary for investigation, inquiry or trial.
Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property is punishable under:
Answer & explanation
Section 318(4) BNS
BNS Section 318 deals with cheating; sub-section (4) corresponds to IPC Section 420 and prescribes imprisonment up to seven years and fine.
Which of the following is NOT an ingredient of cheating under the BNS?
Answer & explanation
That the property delivered must be of a value exceeding a prescribed sum
There is no value threshold. The offence turns on deception and inducement, whatever the sum.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 315 | Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive | 91 |
| 316 | Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide | 92 |
| 317 | Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years by parent or carer | 93 |
| 319 | Hurt | 114 |
| 320 | Grievous hurt | 116 |
| 321 | Voluntarily causing hurt | 115(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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