Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 207: Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
IPC Section 173 is covered by BNS Section 207.
- BNS 207IPC: 173Changed
Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
The upper limit of the fine is increased from five hundred to five thousand rupees and one thousand to ten thousand rupees; 'Court of justice' is replaced by 'Court' etc.
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 160: Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof · IPC 132
- BNS 321: Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors · IPC 422
- BNS 242: False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution · IPC 205
- BNS 257: Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc. contrary to law · IPC 219
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