Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 159

IPC 159 in BNS: Section 194(1)

Section 159 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 194(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 159 deals with affray. BNS 194 brings it together with IPC 160. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 159 is now BNS 194(1).

Affray · BNS 194 brings it together with IPC 160.

Merged

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

IPC 158 · Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot IPC 160 · Punishment for committing affray

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