Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 35

IPC 35 in BNS: Section 3(6)

Section 35 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 3(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 35 deals with when such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention. BNS 3 brings it together with IPC 6, 7, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 38. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 35 is now BNS 3(6).

When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention · BNS 3 brings it together with IPC 6, 7, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 38.

Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 35
When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
Whenever an act, which is criminal only by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention, is done by several persons, each of such persons who joins in the act with such knowledge or intention is liable for the act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone with that knowledge or intention.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 3(6)of section 3
General explanations.
(6) Whenever an act, which is criminal only by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention, is done by several persons, each of such persons who joins in the act with such knowledge or intention is liable for the act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone with that knowledge or intention.
Text from India Code
Also in BNS 3

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