Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 497

IPC 497 in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 497 deals with adultery. 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 497 has no counterpart in the BNS.

Adultery · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XX
s. 497
Adultery
Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor.
Text from the official India Code PDF
Old classification · CrPC First Schedule, for IPC 497
CognizableNon-cognizable
BailableBailable
PunishmentImprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.
Triable byMagistrate of the first class.
For an offence under the BNS, check the First Schedule of the BNSS.
Judgments on s. 497 IPCSource: NCRB section table
IPC 496 · Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriageIPC 498 · Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman

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