Section 144 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023

144. Exploitation of a trafficked person.— (1) Whoever, knowingly or having reason to believe that a child has been trafficked, engages such child for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall … Read more

Section 124 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023

124. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.— (1) Whoever causes permanent or partial damage or deformity to, or burns or maims or disfigures or disables, any part or parts of the body of a person or causes grievous hurt by throwing acid on or by administering acid to that person, or by … Read more

Section 351(3) BNS: Punishment for Criminal Intimidation

(3) Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation by threatening to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to … Read more

Section 351(2) BNS: Punishment for Criminal Intimidation

(2) Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. Overview of Section 351(2) BNS Section 351(2) BNS, also known as BNS 351(2), deals with criminal intimidation in India. Criminal intimidation is a serious … Read more

Section 302 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023

302. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.— Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places any object in … Read more

Section 308 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023

308. Extortion.— (1) Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property, or valuable security or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security, commits extortion. Illustrations. … Read more

Section 352 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023

352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.— Whoever intentionally insults in any manner, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for … Read more