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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

BNS Section 124: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid etc

IPC Sections 326A and 326B are covered by BNS Section 124.

2 entries in the correspondence table: 2 changed.

  1. BNS 124(1)IPC: 326AChanged

    Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid etc.

    The IPC section is included as a subsection in BNS. Words “causes a person to be in a permanent vegetative state" are added in Section 124(1) of the BNS.

  2. BNS 124(2)IPC: 326BChanged

    Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by throwing or attempting to throw acid.

    IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS, sans heading. Words “permanent vegetative state” are added

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.

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