What is IPC 305 in BNS?

IPC 305 in BNS: Section 107

Section 305 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 305 deals with abetment of suicide of child or insane person. 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 305 is now BNS 107.

Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

Carried over

83% of the old wording kept

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI

s. 305

Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

If any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or ¹[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI

s. 107

Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind.

If any child, any person of unsound mind, any delirious person or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Text from India Code