Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 33

BNS 33: earlier IPC 95

Section 33 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 95 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 33 deals with act causing slight harm. 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 33 was IPC 95.

Act causing slight harm.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. IV
s. 95
Act causing slight harm
Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. III
s. 33
Act causing slight harm.
Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.
Text from India Code

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