Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 194

BNS 194: earlier IPC 159 and 160

Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 159 and 160 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 194 deals with affray. It brings 2 old provisions together. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 194 was IPC 159 and 160.

Affray. · It brings 2 old provisions together.

Merged

Came from

Old wording kept in full

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VIII

s. 159

Affray

When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to “commit an affray”.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XI

s. 194(1)of section 194

Affray.

(1) When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to commit an affray.

Text from India Code

BNS 193 · Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.BNS 195 · Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

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