IPC → BNS

IPC Section 383 in BNS

IPC Section 383 corresponds to BNS Section 308 (1) under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Old provisionIndian Penal Code, 1860, Section 383
New provision308 (1)
New ActBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
MappingMapped

BNS Section 308 (1) — Extortion

Drafting note. Clause (e) is newly added in the illustrations.

(1) Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property, or valuable security or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security, commits extortion. Illustrations. (a) A threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning Z unless Z gives him money. He thus induces Z to give him money. A has committed extortion. (b) A threatens Z that he will keep Z’s child in wrongful confinement, unless Z will sign and deliver to A a promissory note

Read the full text of BNS Section 308

Questions this page answers

What is IPC 383 in BNS?

IPC Section 383 is BNS Section 308 (1) — Extortion.

Has the provision changed?

Clause (e) is newly added in the illustrations.

Which law applies to an offence today?

Offences committed on or after 1 July 2024 are dealt with under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; earlier offences continue under the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

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