Section 302 IPC - Punishment for murder

Section 302 IPC is now Section 103 of the BNS - the BNS replaced the IPC on 1 July 2024.

Act: Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section: 302 - Punishment for murder
New provision: Section 103 BNS

IPC → BNS: what changed

This section	Change	Remarks
Section 103 BNS	Renumbered, no change	No Change, except IPC section is included as

About Section 103 BNS

Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) prescribes the punishment for murder . It replaced the most cited section of Indian criminal law - Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code - when the BNS came into force on 1 July 2024.

Read the full explainer of Section 103 BNS →

Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with punishment for murder. Under the new law this is Section 103 of the BNS.

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