BNS Section 95: Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
BNS Section 95 has no direct counterpart in the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
- BNS 95IPC: —New provision
Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
“Whoever hires, employs or engages any child to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to ten years, and with fine; and if the offence be committed shall also be punished with the punishment provided for that offence as if the offence has been committed by such person himself. Explanation. —Hiring, employing, engaging or using a child for sexual exploitation or pornography is covered within the meaning of this section”.
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 69: Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc
- BNS 202: Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade · IPC 168
- BNS 93: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it · IPC 317
- BNS 97: Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person · IPC 369
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