Section 4 BNS - Punishments

Old law → Section 4 BNS

Corresponds to	Change	Remarks
Section 53 IPC	Modified	‘ Community service' is added to punishments. The definition of community service is not given in BNS , but the explanation in Section 23 of the BNSS defines it as the "work which the court may order a convert to perform as a form of punishment that benefits the community, for which he shall not be entitled to any remuneration".
-	Newly added	persons acting in concert, causes grievous hurt to a person on the ground of his race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground, each member of such group shall be guilty o f the offence of causing grievous hurt, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either, IPS, Director, CAPT Bhopal description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine”.

Section 4 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with punishments. Under the old law this was Section 53 of the IPC.

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