IPC 400 in BNS: Section 310(6)

Section 400 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 310(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 400 deals with punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits. BNS 310 brings it together with IPC 391, 395, 396, 399 and 402. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 400 is now BNS 310(6).

Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits · BNS 310 brings it together with IPC 391, 395, 396, 399 and 402.

Merged

77% of the old wording kept

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII

s. 400

Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits

Whoever, at any time after the passing of this Act, shall belong to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity, shall be punished with ¹[imprisonment for life], or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII

s. 310(6)of section 310

Dacoity.

(6) Whoever belongs to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Text from India Code