BNS vs IPC Section Comparison Chart 2026: Complete Chapter-Wise Table

Introduction

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 has replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, as India’s principal substantive criminal law. For judiciary aspirants, law students, and practitioners, mapping the new BNS sections to their corresponding old IPC provisions is one of the most useful exam-prep and practice tools available — especially since courts, bare acts, and case law will reference both frameworks during the transition period.

This chart provides a complete, chapter-wise, section-by-section comparison between BNS 2023 and IPC 1860, covering everything from general exceptions and private defence to offences against the human body, property, and public tranquillity.

Note: Entries marked with an asterisk (*) in the “Corresponding IPC Section(s)” column indicate that the BNS provision has been substantially amended, restructured, or newly introduced compared to the IPC — it is not a plain renumbering. Where no IPC equivalent exists, the entry is left blank, meaning the provision is entirely new under BNS.

Chapter I – Preliminary

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
1	Short title, commencement, application	S. 1 to S. 5
2	Definitions	S. 6 to S. 52A*
3	General explanations and expressions	S. 6, S. 7, S. 27, S. 32, S. 34, S. 35–S. 38*

Chapter II – Of Punishments

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
4	Punishments	S. 53*
5	Commutation of Sentence	New provision
6	Fractions and terms of punishment	S. 55A*
7	Sentence may be wholly or partly rigorous or simple	S. 60
8	Amount of fine, liability in default etc.	S. 63–S. 70*
9	Limits of Punishment	S. 71
10	Punishment of person guilty of several offences	S. 72
11	Solitary confinement	S. 73
12	Limit of solitary confinement	S. 74
13	Enhanced punishment for certain offences	S. 75

Chapter III – General Exceptions

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
14	Act by person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law	S. 76
15	Act of judge acting judicially	S. 77
16	Act pursuant to judgment	S. 78
17	Act under mistake of fact	S. 79
18	Accident in doing a lawful act	S. 80
19	Act without criminal intent and to prevent other harm	S. 81
20	Act of child under seven years of age	S. 82
21	Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age	S. 83
22	Act of person of unsound mind	S. 84
23	Act of person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication	S. 85
24	Offence requiring intent or knowledge done by intoxicated person	S. 86
25	Act not intended to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent	S. 87
26	Act not intended to cause death or grievous hurt, done in good faith	S. 88
27	Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind	S. 89*
28	Consent under fear or misconception	S. 90*
29	Exclusion of acts which are offences independent of harm caused	S. 91
30	Act done in good faith for benefit of person without consent	S. 92
31	Communication made in good faith	S. 93
32	Act to which a person is compelled by threats	S. 94
33	Act causing slight harm	S. 95

Of Right of Private Defence

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
34	Things done in private defence	S. 96
35	Right of private defence of body and property	S. 97
36	Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.	S. 98*
37	Act against which there is no private defence	S. 99
38	When right of private defence of the body extends to causing death	S. 100
39	When such right extends to causing any harm other than death	S. 101
40	Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body	S. 102
41	When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death	S. 103*
42	When right extends to causing any harm other than death	S. 104
43	Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property	S. 105
44	Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk to innocent person	S. 106

Chapter IV – Of Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
45	Abetment of a thing	S. 107
46	Abettor	S. 108
47	Abetment in India of offences outside India	S. 108A
48	Abetment outside India for offence in India	New provision
49	Punishment where no express provision is made for punishment	S. 109
50	Punishment if abetted person does act with different intention	S. 110
51	Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done	S. 111
52	Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment	S. 112
53	Liability of abettor when act done is different from that abetted	S. 113
54	Abettor present when offence is committed	S. 114
55	Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life	S. 115
56	Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment	S. 116
57	Abetting commission of offence by more than ten persons	S. 117*
58	Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life	S. 118
59	Public servant concealing design to commit offence	S. 119
60	Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment	S. 120

Of Criminal Conspiracy

61	Criminal Conspiracy	S. 120A–120B*

Of Attempt

62	Attempt	S. 511

Chapter V – Of Offences Against Women and Children

Of Sexual Offences

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
63	Rape	S. 375*
64	Punishment for rape	S. 376(1)(2)*
65(1)	Rape on woman under 16 years of age	S. 376(3)
65(2)	Rape on woman under 12 years of age	S. 376AB
66	Rape causing death or persistent vegetative state	S. 376A
67	Sexual intercourse during separation	S. 376B
68	Sexual intercourse by person in authority	S. 376C
69	Sexual intercourse by deceitful means or false promise to marry	New provision
70(1)	Gang Rape	S. 376D
70(2)	Gang rape on women under the age of 18	New provision
71	Repeat offenders	S. 376E
72	Disclosure of identity of victim	S. 228A*
73	Printing or publishing matter relating to Court proceedings without permission	S. 228A(3)*

Of Criminal Force and Assault Against Women

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
74	Assault or criminal force to woman to outrage her modesty	S. 354
75	Sexual harassment	S. 354A
76	Assault or criminal force with intent to disrobe	S. 354B*
77	Voyeurism	S. 354C*
78	Stalking	S. 354D
79	Word, gesture, act intended to insult modesty of a woman	S. 509*

Of Offences Relating to Marriage

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
80	Dowry death	S. 304B
81	Cohabitation by deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage	S. 493
82	Marrying again during lifetime of husband/wife	S. 494–495
83	Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through	S. 496
84	Enticing or detaining married woman	S. 498
85	Cruelty by husband or relative	S. 498A
86	Cruelty defined	S. 498A
87	Kidnapping, abducting, inducing woman to compel marriage, etc.	S. 366

Of Causing Miscarriage etc.

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
88	Causing miscarriage	S. 312
89	Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent	S. 313
90	Death caused by act done to cause miscarriage	S. 314
91	Act to prevent child being born alive or cause death after birth	S. 315
92	Causing death of quick unborn child	S. 316

Of Offences Against Child

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
93	Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve	S. 317
94	Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body	S. 318
95	Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence	New provision
96	Procuration of child	S. 366A*
97	Kidnapping or abducting child under ten to steal from its person	S. 369
98	Selling child for prostitution	S. 372*
99	Buying child for prostitution	S. 373*

Chapter VI – Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Of Offences Affecting Life

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
100	Culpable homicide	S. 299
101	Murder	S. 300
102	Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended	S. 301
103(1)	Punishment for murder	S. 302
103(2)	Punishment for mob lynching	New provision
104	Punishment for murder by life-convict	S. 303*
105	Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder	S. 304*
106(1)	Causing death by negligence	S. 304A*
106(2)	Punishment for non-reporting of rash or negligent act causing death	New provision
107	Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind	S. 305
108	Abetment of suicide	S. 306
109	Attempt to murder	S. 307*
110	Attempt to commit culpable homicide	S. 308
111	Organised crime	New provision
112	Petty organised crime	New provision
113	Offence of terrorist act	New provision

Of Hurt

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
114	Hurt	S. 319
115	Voluntarily causing hurt	S. 321, S. 323*
116	Grievous hurt	S. 320*
117	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt	S. 322, S. 325
118	Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means	S. 324, S. 326*
119	Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act	S. 327, S. 329
120	Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property	S. 330, S. 331
121	Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty	S. 332*, S. 333
122	Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation	S. 334–S. 335
123	Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence	S. 328
124	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.	S. 326A, S. 326B
125	Act endangering life or personal safety of others	S. 336–S. 338*
126	Wrongful restraint	S. 339, S. 341*
127	Wrongful confinement	S. 340, S. 342–S. 348*

Of Criminal Force and Assault

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
128	Force	S. 349
129	Criminal force	S. 350
130	Assault	S. 351
131	Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation	S. 352*
132	Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty	S. 353
133	Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation	S. 355
134	Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person	S. 356
135	Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person	S. 357*
136	Assault or criminal force on grave provocation	S. 358*

Of Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced Labour

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
137	Kidnapping	S. 359–S. 361*, S. 363
138	Abduction	S. 362
139	Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging	S. 363A*
140	Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.	S. 364–S. 365, S. 367
141	Importation of girl or boy from foreign country	S. 366B*
142	Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped or abducted person	S. 368
143	Trafficking of person	S. 370*
144	Exploitation of a trafficked person	S. 370A*
145	Habitual dealing in slaves	S. 371
146	Unlawful compulsory labour	S. 374

Chapter VII – Of Offences Against the State

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
147	Waging/attempting to wage war against the Government of India	S. 121
148	Conspiracy to commit offences under section 147	S. 121A*
149	Collecting arms to wage war	S. 122
150	Concealing to facilitate design to wage war	S. 123
151	Assaulting President, Governor, etc.	S. 124
152	Acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India	New provision
153	Waging war against foreign state	S. 125*
154	Depredation on territories of foreign state	S. 126*
155	Receiving property taken by war or depredation	S. 127
156	Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to escape	S. 128
157	Public servant negligently allowing prisoner to escape	S. 129
158	Aiding escape or harbouring such prisoner	S. 130

Chapter VIII – Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
159	Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty	S. 131*
160	Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence	S. 132
161	Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on superior officer, in execution of office	S. 133
162	Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed	S. 134
163	Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman	S. 135
164	Harbouring deserter	S. 136*
165	Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master	S. 137*
166	Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman	S. 138*
167	Persons subject to certain Acts	S. 139
168	Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman	S. 140*

Chapter IX – Of Offences Relating to Elections

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
169	Candidate, electoral right defined	S. 171A
170	Bribery	S. 171B
171	Undue influence at elections	S. 171C
172	Personation at elections	S. 171D
173	Punishment for bribery	S. 171E
174	Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election	S. 171F
175	False statement in connection with an election	S. 171G
176	Illegal payments in connection with an election	S. 171H*
177	Failure to keep election accounts	S. 171I*

Chapter X – Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency Notes, Bank Notes and Government Stamps

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
178	Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency notes or bank notes	S. 231–S. 232, S. 246–S. 249, S. 255, S. 489A*
179	Using as genuine forged or counterfeit coin, government stamp, currency notes or bank notes	S. 250, S. 251, S. 258, S. 260, S. 489B*
180	Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, government stamp, currency notes or bank notes	S. 242, 252, 253, 259, 489C*
181	Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting	S. 233, 235, 256, 257, 489D*
182	Making or using documents resembling currency notes or bank notes	S. 489E
183	Effacing writing from substance bearing government stamp, or removing a used stamp with intent to cause loss to Government	S. 261
184	Using government stamp known to have been before used	S. 262
185	Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used	S. 263
186	Prohibition of fictitious stamps	S. 263A
187	Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition than fixed by law	S. 244
188	Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint	S. 245

Chapter XI – Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
189	Unlawful assembly	S. 141–145, 150, 151, 157, 158
190	Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object	S. 149
191	Rioting	S. 146–148*
192	Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot	S. 153
193	Liability of owner, occupier, etc. of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place	S. 154–156
194	Affray	S. 159, 160*
195	Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.	S. 152*
196	Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.	S. 153A
197	Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration	S. 153B*

Chapter XII – Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
198	Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person	S. 166
199	Public servant disobeying direction under law	S. 166A
200	Punishment for non-treatment of victim	S. 166B
201	Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury	S. 167
202	Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade	S. 168*
203	Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property	S. 169
204	Personating a public servant	S. 170*
205	Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent	S. 171*

Chapter XIII – Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
206	Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding	S. 172*
207	Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof	S. 173*
208	Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant	S. 174*
209	Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of BNSS, 2023	S. 174A*
210	Omission to produce document or electronic record when legally bound to do so	S. 175*
211	Omission to give notice or information to public servant when legally bound	S. 176*
212	Furnishing false information	S. 177*
213	Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant	S. 178*
214	Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question	S. 179*
215	Refusing to sign statement	S. 180*
216	False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath	S. 181
217	False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another	S. 182*
218	Resistance to the taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant	S. 183*
219	Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant	S. 184*
220	Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant	S. 185
221	Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions	S. 186*
222	Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance	S. 187*
223	Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant	S. 188*
224	Threat of injury to public servant	S. 189
225	Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant	S. 190
226	Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power	New provision

Chapter XIV – Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
227	Giving false evidence	S. 191
228	Fabricating false evidence	S. 192
229	Punishment for false evidence	S. 193*
230	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence	S. 194*
231	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with life imprisonment or imprisonment	S. 195
232	Threatening any person to give false evidence	S. 195A
233	Using evidence known to be false	S. 196
234	Issuing or signing false certificate	S. 197
235	Using as true a certificate known to be false	S. 198
236	False statement made in declaration receivable as evidence	S. 199
237	Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false	S. 200
238	Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender	S. 201
239	Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform	S. 202*
240	Giving false information respecting an offence committed	S. 203
241	Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence	S. 204*
242	False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution	S. 205
243	Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution	S. 206*
244	Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution	S. 207
245	Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due	S. 208
246	Dishonestly making false claim in Court	S. 209
247	Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due	S. 210
248	False charge of offence made with intent to injure	S. 211*
249	Harbouring offender	S. 212
250	Taking gift, etc. to screen offender from punishment	S. 213
251	Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender	S. 214
252	Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.	S. 215
253	Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered	S. 216*
254	Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits	S. 216A*
255	Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture	S. 217
256	Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture	S. 218
257	Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law	S. 219
258	Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows he is acting contrary to law	S. 220
259	Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend	S. 221
260	Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed	S. 222
261	Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant	S. 223
262	Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension	S. 224
263	Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person	S. 225
264	Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for	S. 225A
265	Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for	S. 225B
266	Violation of condition of remission of punishment	S. 227
267	Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding	S. 228*
268	Personation of an assessor	S. 229*
269	Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court	S. 229A

Chapter XV – Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
270	Public nuisance	S. 268
271	Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life	S. 269
272	Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life	S. 270
273	Disobedience to quarantine rule	S. 271*
274	Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale	S. 272*
275	Sale of noxious food or drink	S. 273*
276	Adulteration of drugs	S. 274*
277	Sale of adulterated drugs	S. 275*
278	Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation	S. 276*
279	Fouling water of public spring or reservoir	S. 277*
280	Making atmosphere noxious to health	S. 278*
281	Rash driving or riding on a public way	S. 279
282	Rash navigation of vessel	S. 280*
283	Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy	S. 281*
284	Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel	S. 282*
285	Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation	S. 283*
286	Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance	S. 284*
287	Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter	S. 285*
288	Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance	S. 286*
289	Negligent conduct with respect to machinery	S. 287*
290	Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.	S. 288*
291	Negligent conduct with respect to animal	S. 289*
292	Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for	S. 290*
293	Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue	S. 291*
294	Sale, etc. of obscene books, etc.	S. 292*
295	Sale, etc. of obscene objects to child	S. 293*
296	Obscene acts and songs	S. 294*
297	Keeping lottery office	S. 294A*

Chapter XVI – Of Offences Relating to Religion

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
298	Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class	S. 295
299	Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs	S. 295A*
300	Disturbing religious assembly	S. 296
301	Trespassing on burial places, etc.	S. 297
302	Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person	S. 298

Chapter XVII – Of Offences Against Property

Of Theft

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
303(1)	Theft	S. 378
303(2)	Punishment for theft	New provision
304	Snatching	New provision
305	Theft in a dwelling house	S. 380*
306	Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master	S. 381
307	Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to commit theft	S. 382

Of Extortion

308	Extortion	S. 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388*

Of Robbery and Dacoity

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
309	Robbery	S. 390, 392–394
310	Dacoity	S. 391, 395, 396, 399, 401, 402
311	Robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt	S. 397
312	Robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt (repeat offenders)	S. 398
313	Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc.	S. 401*

Of Criminal Misappropriation, Breach of Trust, Stolen Property and Cheating

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
314	Dishonest misappropriation of property	S. 403*
315	Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at time of death	S. 404
316	Criminal breach of trust	S. 405, 406, 407–409
317	Stolen property	S. 410*, 411–414
318	Cheating	S. 415*
319	Cheating by personation	S. 416*

Of Fraudulent Deeds and Dispositions of Property

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
320	Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors	S. 421*
321	Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors	S. 422
322	Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration	S. 423*
323	Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property	S. 424*

Of Mischief

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
324	Mischief	S. 425*
325	Mischief by killing or maiming animal	S. 428*
326	Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.	S. 430–S. 436*
327	Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel, or one of twenty tons burden	S. 437–S. 438
328	Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.	S. 439

Of Criminal Trespass

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
329	Criminal trespass and house-trespass	S. 441–S. 442, S. 447–S. 448*
330	House-trespass and housebreaking	S. 443, S. 445
331	Punishment for house-trespass or housebreaking	S. 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459*
332	House-trespass in order to commit offence	S. 449–451
333	House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint	S. 452
334	Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property	S. 461, 462

Chapter XVIII – Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
335	Making a false document	S. 464
336	Forgery	S. 463, 465, 468, 469
337	Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.	S. 466*
338	Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.	S. 467
339	Having possession of document described in section 337/338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine	S. 474
340	Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine	S. 470–471
341(1)	Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc. with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338	S. 472
341(2)	Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc. with intent to commit forgery punishable under Chapter XVIII	S. 473
341(3)	Possession of counterfeit seal, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit	New provision
341(4)	Fraudulent or dishonest use of seal, etc., knowing or having reason to believe it is counterfeit	New provision
342	Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material	S. 475, 476*
343	Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc. of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security	S. 477
344	Falsification of accounts	S. 477A

Of Property Marks

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
345	Property mark	S. 479, 481, 482
346	Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury	S. 489
347	Counterfeiting a property mark	S. 483, 484
348	Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark	S. 485
349	Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark	S. 486
350	Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods	S. 487, 488

Chapter XIX – Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance, Defamation, etc.

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
351	Criminal intimidation	S. 503, 506, 507*
352	Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace	S. 504*
353	Statement conducing to public mischief	S. 505*
354	Act caused by inducing person to believe he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure	S. 508
355	Misconduct in public by a drunken person	S. 510*
356	Defamation	S. 499, 500, 501, 502
357	Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person	S. 491*

Chapter XX – Repeal and Savings

BNS Section	Title	Corresponding IPC Section(s)
358	Repeal and savings	New provision

Key Takeaways for Exam Preparation

BNS 2023 has 358 sections across 20 chapters, compared to 511 sections in the IPC — achieved through consolidation, removal of obsolete/repealed provisions, and clubbing of related offences.
New offences have been introduced for organised crime, petty organised crime, terrorist acts, mob lynching, and offences committed through electronic means — none of which existed as standalone provisions in the IPC.
Sections marked with an asterisk (*) are not verbatim reproductions — always cross-check the exact wording of punishment, fine amounts, and ingredients against the bare act rather than assuming the IPC provision applies unchanged.
For judiciary and PCS-J mains/prelims, focus especially on renumbered core offences (murder, hurt, theft, criminal breach of trust) and the entirely new chapters/sections (organised crime, mob lynching, gang rape provisions) as these are high-probability question areas.

This chart is intended as a quick-reference study aid. For courtroom or drafting purposes, always verify against the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 bare act and any subsequent amendments or clarificatory notifications.