Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 377 in BNS
§ 377 IPC→omitted
Unnatural offences. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Unnatural offences) has no successor provision in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Note: No equivalent in the BNS. Consensual adult conduct was decriminalised in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018)
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.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 508 | Act caused by inducing a person to believe he will be rendered an object of divine displeasure | 354 |
| 510 | Misconduct in public by a drunken person | 355 |
| 511 | Punishment for attempting to commit offences | 62 |
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