● Retained in BNS
Waging war, attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war against the Government of India carries death or life imprisonment plus fine under BNS Section 147, unchanged from IPC 121.
Section 121 IPC punished waging war against the Government of India, attempting to wage such war, or abetting the waging of such war, with death, or imprisonment for life, and fine.
BNS Section 147 reproduces the offence and its illustration verbatim in substance, with only a cosmetic drop of the article ("Government of India" instead of "the Government of India").
Nothing substantive -- a pure renumbering from IPC 121 to BNS 147.
Death, or imprisonment for life, and fine..
IPC 121 is non-bailable..
This is a cognizable. offence.
Non-compoundable..
Matters under IPC 121 are tried before the Court of Session..
Common defences include absence of the requisite intent to wage war against the state, and that the conduct amounted to lawful political dissent or protest rather than an act of war.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons