● Retained in BNS
Attempting any Code offence punishable with imprisonment -- where no specific attempt provision exists elsewhere -- carries up to half the punishment for the completed offence under BNS Section 62, unchanged from IPC 511.
Section 511 IPC was the Code's general, catch-all attempt provision: whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, and does any act toward its commission, is punished -- where no other Code provision specifically covers that attempt -- with imprisonment up to one-half of the imprisonment for life or one-half of the longest term provided for the completed offence, or such fine as is provided for the offence, or both.
BNS Section 62 reproduces the operative text and both illustrations verbatim, including the unchanged one-half fraction, with "Sanhita" substituted for "Code."
Nothing substantive -- text, illustrations and the one-half fraction are all unchanged; a pure renumbering from IPC 511 to BNS 62.
Imprisonment of any description provided for the completed offence, up to one-half of imprisonment for life or one-half of the longest term provided for that offence, or fine as provided for the offence, or both..
IPC 511 is follows the bailability of the offence attempted..
This is a follows the cognizability of the offence attempted. offence.
Follows the underlying offence's compounding rules where the completed offence is itself compoundable (BNSS s.359(3))..
Matters under IPC 511 are tried before the The court by which the offence attempted is triable..
Common defences include voluntary and complete abandonment of the attempt before any act was done toward the offence, and the acts done not going far enough to constitute a genuine attempt rather than mere preparation.
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