Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 498 in BNS
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman. Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman) corresponds to Section 84 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 proclamation for a person absconding is published under:
Answer & explanation
Section 84 BNSS
This corresponds to Section 82 CrPC. The court publishes a written proclamation requiring the person to appear at a specified place and time not less than thirty days from publication.
Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind is incapable of knowing the nature of the act. This is:
Answer & explanation
Section 22 BNS
BNS Section 22 corresponds to IPC Section 84 and embodies the M'Naghten rules. The burden of establishing the exception lies on the accused.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 were renumbered:
| IPC | Provision | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| 495 | Same offence with concealment of former marriage | 82(2) |
| 496 | Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage | 83 |
| 497 | Adultery | omitted |
| 498A | Husband or relative of husband subjecting a woman to cruelty | 85 |
| 509 | Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman | 79 |
| 359 | Kidnapping | 135 |
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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