Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 118

BNS 118: earlier IPC 324 and 326

Section 118 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 324 and 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 118 deals with voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. It brings 2 old provisions together. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 118 was IPC 324 and 326.

Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. · It brings 2 old provisions together.

Merged
Came from
97% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 324
Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 118(1)of section 118
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
(1) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 122, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees, or with both.
Text from India Code
Old classification · CrPC First Schedule, for IPC 324
CognizableCognizable
BailableBailable
PunishmentImprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.
Triable byAny Magistrate.
For an offence under the BNS, check the First Schedule of the BNSS.

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