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Indian Penal Code, 1860

IPC Section 38 in BNS

§ 38 IPC§ 3(9) BNS

Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences. Section 38 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences) corresponds to Section 3(9) 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.

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Section 45 has AIBE 22 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.

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