IPC 420 is now BNS 318(4).
Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.
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IPC 302 (murder) is now BNS 103(1).
Still death or life imprisonment, and fine.
IPC 498A is now BNS 85.
Cruelty to a woman by her husband or his relatives. BNS 86 defines "cruelty".
IPC 376 (rape) is now BNS 64.
Rape and related offences are in BNS Chapter V, Offences against Woman and Child.
IPC 307 (attempt to murder) is now BNS 109.
IPC 379 (theft) is now BNS 303(2).
IPC 506 (criminal intimidation) is now BNS 351.
A threat to kill or cause grievous hurt falls under BNS 351(3).
IPC 500 (defamation) is now BNS 356(2).
"Read with section 34" is now "read with BNS 3(5)".
Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
Sedition (IPC 124A) is gone.
BNS 152 punishes acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India: a differently worded offence, not a renumbering.
Adultery is no longer a crime.
The Supreme Court struck down IPC 497 in Joseph Shine (2018), and the BNS left it out.
Attempting suicide is no longer a crime in itself.
BNS 226 punishes it only when done to compel or restrain a public servant.
Snatching is now an offence of its own.
Up to 3 years in jail, and fine (BNS 304).
Mob lynching is named in the law.
Murder by a group of five or more on grounds of race, caste, community, sex, place of birth, language or belief: death or life imprisonment (BNS 103(2)).
A false promise of marriage to get sex is a specific offence.
Up to 10 years in jail, and fine (BNS 69).
Community service is now a punishment in Indian criminal law.
One of the six punishments listed in BNS 4, alongside death, life imprisonment, imprisonment, forfeiture of property and fine.
Organised crime is now in the BNS.
Including cyber-crime, land grabbing, contract killing and extortion by a syndicate (BNS 111).
You can file an FIR at any police station, whatever the area.
Orally or by electronic communication (BNSS 173(1), which replaced CrPC 154).
Anticipatory bail (CrPC 438) is now BNSS 482.
Its heading never says "anticipatory": "Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest".
Maintenance for wife, children and parents (CrPC 125) is now BNSS 144.
Police may now handcuff repeat offenders and people accused of grave crimes.
Such as murder, rape, organised crime and terrorist acts (BNSS 43(3)).
Proclaimed offenders who abscond can now be tried in their absence.
Absconding counts as giving up the right to be present (BNSS 356).
The "65B certificate" is now a BSA 63 certificate.
For electronic records, in the form set out in the BSA's Schedule.
A confession made to a police officer can't be proved against you.
BSA 23(1), carried over from the Evidence Act.
No helmet: ₹1,000 and your licence disqualified for 3 months.
MV Act 194D. States can multiply fines, so your challan may differ.
Not making way for an ambulance costs ₹10,000.
MV Act 194E, for a first offence.
If a minor drives, the parent or owner can get 3 years in jail.
Plus a ₹25,000 fine (MV Act 199A).
The drunk-driving limit is 30 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
MV Act 185: ₹10,000 and/or 6 months for a first offence.
An RTI reply is due within 30 days, or 48 hours if it concerns life or liberty.
RTI Act 7(1).
An information officer who delays an RTI reply can be fined ₹250 a day.
Up to ₹25,000 in all (RTI Act 20(1)).
Every employer must set up an Internal Complaints Committee for sexual harassment.
POSH Act 4.
Domestic violence includes economic abuse.
Along with physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse (DV Act 3).
Giving or taking dowry: at least 5 years in jail.
And a fine of at least ₹15,000 or the dowry's value, whichever is more (Dowry Prohibition Act 3).
Under POCSO, a child is anyone below 18.
POCSO Act 2(1)(d).
You can file a consumer complaint electronically.
Consumer Protection Act 35(1).