BNS108
BNS Section 108: Abetment of suicide
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.47
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS108. Abetment of suicide.— If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 306 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 108, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)