Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 256: Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
IPC Section 218 is covered by BNS Section 256.
- BNS 256IPC: 218No change
Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
No change.
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 201: Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury · IPC 167
- BNS 183: Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government · IPC 261
- BNS 241: Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence · IPC 204
- BNS 210: Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person, legally bound to produce it · IPC 175
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