Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 310

IPC 310 in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 310 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 310 deals with thug. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Its full text is set out below.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 310 has no counterpart in the BNS.

Thug · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 310
Thug
Whoever, at any time after the passing of this Act, shall have been habitually associated with any other or others for the purpose of committing robbery or child-stealing by means of or accompanied with murder, is a thug.
Text from the official India Code PDF
Editorial noteNo offence of being a thug in BNS.
Judgments on s. 310 IPCSource: NCRB section table, with an editorial row

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