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.
- 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.
- 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.
Related BNS sections
- BNS 120: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property · IPC 330, 331
- BNS 119: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act · IPC 327, 329
- BNS 118: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means · IPC 324, 326
- BNS 117: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt punishment · IPC 322, 325
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