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IPC 306 vs BNS 108

Abetment of suicide

● Retained in BNS

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · § 306

Section 306 IPC punished abetment of suicide: if any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission is punished with imprisonment up to 10 years and fine.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · § 108

BNS Section 108 retains the offence and punishment in the same terms: imprisonment up to 10 years and fine.

What changed?

Carried over substantially unchanged; renumbered from IPC 306 to BNS 108.

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Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see India Code, the official repository of Central legislation. ← All comparisons

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