Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 222: Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
IPC Section 187 is covered by BNS Section 222.
- BNS 222IPC: 187Changed
Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
Section is reorganised in the form of clauses (a) and (b) without changing the essence, and the upper limit of the fine is increased from two hundred to two thousand and five hundred rupees and five hundred to five thousand rupees.
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 211: Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it · IPC 176
- BNS 210: Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person, legally bound to produce it · IPC 175
- BNS 239: Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform · IPC 202
- BNS 259: Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend · IPC 221
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