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IPC to BNS section converter

Type a section number from the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and get its equivalent in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — or search the other way. 254 sections mapped.

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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IPC	Provision	BNS
34	Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention	3(5)
37	Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence	3(8)
38	Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences	3(9)
53	Punishments	4
64	Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine	8
71	Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences	9
73	Solitary confinement	11
74	Limit of solitary confinement	12
75	Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction	13
76	Act done by a person bound by law	14
77	Act of Judge acting judicially	15
78	Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of a Court	16
79	Act done by a person justified by law	17
80	Accident in doing a lawful act	18
81	Act likely to cause harm done without criminal intent to prevent other harm	19
82	Act of a child under seven years of age	20
83	Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding	21
84	Act of a person of unsound mind	22
85	Act of a person incapable of judgment by intoxication caused against his will	23
86	Offence requiring particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated	24
87	Act not intended to cause death, done by consent	25
88	Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for benefit	26
89	Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person by guardian	27
90	Consent known to be given under fear or misconception	28
91	Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused	29
92	Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent	30
93	Communication made in good faith	31
94	Act to which a person is compelled by threats	32
95	Act causing slight harm	33
96	Things done in private defence	34
97	Right of private defence of the body and of property	35
98	Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind	36
99	Acts against which there is no right of private defence	37
100	When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death	38
101	When such right extends to causing any harm other than death	39
102	Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body	40
103	When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death	41
104	When such right extends to causing any harm other than death	42
105	Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property	43
106	Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person	44
107	Abetment of a thing	45
108	Abettor	46
108A	Abetment in India of offences outside India	47
109	Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed	49
110	Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention	50
111	Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done	51
113	Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted	53
114	Abettor present when offence is committed	54
115	Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life	55
116	Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment	56
117	Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons	57
120A	Definition of criminal conspiracy	61(1)
120B	Punishment of criminal conspiracy	61(2)
121	Waging war against the Government of India	147
121A	Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121	148
122	Collecting arms with intention of waging war	149
123	Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war	150
124	Assaulting President or Governor with intent to compel or restrain	151
124A	Sedition	152
125	Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India	153
141	Unlawful assembly	189(1)
143	Punishment for being member of unlawful assembly	189(2)
144	Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon	189(4)
146	Rioting	191(1)
147	Punishment for rioting	191(2)
148	Rioting armed with deadly weapon	191(3)
149	Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object	190
150	Hiring persons to join unlawful assembly	192
153A	Promoting enmity between different groups	196
153B	Imputations prejudicial to national integration	197
159	Affray	194(1)
160	Punishment for committing affray	194(2)
191	Giving false evidence	227
192	Fabricating false evidence	228
193	Punishment for false evidence	229
194	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence	230
201	Causing disappearance of evidence of offence	238
202	Intentional omission to give information of an offence	239
203	Giving false information respecting an offence committed	240
211	False charge of offence made with intent to injure	248
212	Harbouring an offender	249
228A	Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences	72
268	Public nuisance	270
269	Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life	271
270	Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life	272
272	Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale	274
273	Sale of noxious food or drink	275
274	Adulteration of drugs	276
277	Fouling water of public spring or reservoir	279
278	Making atmosphere noxious to health	280
279	Rash driving or riding on a public way	281
283	Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation	285
284	Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance	286
285	Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter	287
286	Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance	288
287	Negligent conduct with respect to machinery	289
288	Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings	290
289	Negligent conduct with respect to animal	291
292	Sale of obscene books	294
293	Sale of obscene objects to young person	295
294	Obscene acts and songs	296
295	Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion	298
295A	Deliberate acts to outrage religious feelings	299
296	Disturbing religious assembly	300
297	Trespassing on burial places	301
298	Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings	302
299	Culpable homicide	100
300	Murder	101
301	Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than intended	102
302	Punishment for murder	103(1)
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)
304B	Dowry death	80
305	Abetment of suicide of child or insane person	107
306	Abetment of suicide	108
307	Attempt to murder	109
308	Attempt to commit culpable homicide	110
309	Attempt to commit suicide	226
312	Causing miscarriage	88
313	Causing miscarriage without woman's consent	89
314	Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage	90
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
318	Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body	94
319	Hurt	114
320	Grievous hurt	116
321	Voluntarily causing hurt	115(1)
322	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt	117(1)
323	Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt	115(2)
324	Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means	118(1)
325	Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt	117(2)
326	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means	118(2)
326A	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid	124(1)
326B	Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid	124(2)
327	Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act	119(1)
329	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property	119(2)
332	Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty	121(1)
333	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty	121(2)
336	Act endangering life or personal safety of others	125
337	Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others	125(a)
338	Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others	125(b)
339	Wrongful restraint	126(1)
340	Wrongful confinement	127(1)
341	Punishment for wrongful restraint	126(2)
342	Punishment for wrongful confinement	127(2)
349	Force	128
350	Criminal force	129
351	Assault	130
352	Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation	131
353	Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty	132
354	Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty	74
354A	Sexual harassment	75
354B	Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe	76
354C	Voyeurism	77
354D	Stalking	78
375	Rape	63
376	Punishment for rape	64
376A	Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim	66
376B	Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation	67
376C	Sexual intercourse by a person in authority	68
376D	Gang rape	70(1)
376E	Punishment for repeat offenders	71
493	Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage	81
494	Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife	82(1)
495	Same offence with concealment of former marriage	82(2)
496	Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage	83
497	Adultery	omitted
498	Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman	84
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
360	Kidnapping from India	136
361	Kidnapping from lawful guardianship	137(1)
362	Abduction	138
363	Punishment for kidnapping	137(2)
364	Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder	140(1)
364A	Kidnapping for ransom	140(2)
366	Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage	87
366A	Procuration of minor girl	96
366B	Importation of girl from foreign country	141
370	Trafficking of person	143
370A	Exploitation of a trafficked person	144
372	Selling minor for purposes of prostitution	98
373	Buying minor for purposes of prostitution	99
378	Theft	303(1)
379	Punishment for theft	303(2)
380	Theft in dwelling house	305
381	Theft by clerk or servant of property in master's possession	306
382	Theft after preparation made for causing death or hurt	307
383	Extortion	308(1)
384	Punishment for extortion	308(2)
390	Robbery	309(1)
392	Punishment for robbery	309(4)
393	Attempt to commit robbery	309(5)
394	Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery	309(6)
391	Dacoity	310(1)
395	Punishment for dacoity	310(2)
396	Dacoity with murder	310(3)
397	Robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt	311
399	Making preparation to commit dacoity	312
402	Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity	313
403	Dishonest misappropriation of property	314
404	Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person	315
405	Criminal breach of trust	316(1)
406	Punishment for criminal breach of trust	316(2)
407	Criminal breach of trust by carrier	316(3)
408	Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant	316(4)
409	Criminal breach of trust by public servant, banker, merchant or agent	316(5)
410	Stolen property	317(1)
411	Dishonestly receiving stolen property	317(2)
413	Habitually dealing in stolen property	317(4)
414	Assisting in concealment of stolen property	317(5)
415	Cheating	318(1)
416	Cheating by personation	319(1)
417	Punishment for cheating	318(2)
419	Punishment for cheating by personation	319(2)
420	Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property	318(4)
421	Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors	320
425	Mischief	324(1)
426	Punishment for mischief	324(2)
427	Mischief causing damage	324(4)
441	Criminal trespass	329(1)
442	House-trespass	329(2)
443	Lurking house-trespass	330
445	House-breaking	331
447	Punishment for criminal trespass	329(3)
448	Punishment for house-trespass	329(4)
452	House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint	333
463	Forgery	336(1)
464	Making a false document	335
465	Punishment for forgery	336(2)
466	Forgery of record of Court or of public register	337
467	Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.	338
468	Forgery for purpose of cheating	336(3)
469	Forgery for purpose of harming reputation	336(4)
471	Using as genuine a forged document	340(2)
477A	Falsification of accounts	344
489A	Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes	178
489B	Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes	179
499	Defamation	356(1)
500	Punishment for defamation	356(2)
501	Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory	356(3)
502	Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter	356(4)
503	Criminal intimidation	351(1)
504	Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace	352
505	Statements conducing to public mischief	353
506	Punishment for criminal intimidation	351(2)
507	Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication	351(4)
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
377	Unnatural offences	omitted

New in the BNS with no IPC equivalent

• § 69 — Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, including a false promise of marriage
• § 103(2) — Murder by a group of five or more on grounds of race, caste, community, sex, place of birth or language (mob lynching)
• § 106(2) — Causing death by rash and negligent driving and escaping without reporting
• § 111 — Organised crime
• § 112 — Petty organised crime
• § 113 — Terrorist act
• § 152 — Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
• § 304 — Snatching