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IPC Section 302 is now BNS Section 103(1)

Verbatim · BNS 103(1)(1) Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.

Read the full BNS Section 103 →

Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.