BNS297
BNS Section 297: Keeping lottery office
Punishment
- (1) punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both
- (2) punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (1) Non-cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Keeping a lottery office)
- (2) Non-cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Publishing proposals relating to lotteries)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS297. Keeping lottery office.—(1) Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorised by the State Government, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.(2) Whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear from doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.
Cite as: Section 297, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)