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IPC 503 vs BNS 351(1)

Criminal intimidation

● Retained in BNS

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · § 503

Section 503 IPC defined criminal intimidation: threatening injury to a person, their reputation or property (or to someone in whom they are interested) with intent to cause alarm or to compel any act or omission.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · § 351(1)

BNS Section 351(1) retains the definition of criminal intimidation in substantially the same terms.

What changed?

Definition carried over substantially unchanged; renumbered from IPC 503 to BNS 351(1).

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