IPC 509 vs BNS 79 — Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of woman

● Retained in BNS

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · § 509

Section 509 IPC punished any word, sound, gesture or exhibition of an object intended to insult the modesty of a woman, or intrusion upon her privacy, with simple imprisonment up to 3 years and fine.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · § 79

BNS Section 79 retains the offence and punishment: simple imprisonment up to 3 years and fine.

What changed?

Carried over substantially unchanged; renumbered from IPC 509 to BNS 79.

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