IPC Section 326A is now BNS Section 124(1)

IPC 326A (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid) → BNS 124(1) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc

Verbatim · BNS 124(1)(1) Whoever causes permanent or partial damage or deformity to, or burns or maims or disfigures or disables, any part or parts of the body of a person or causes grievous hurt by throwing acid on or by administering acid to that person, or by using any other means with the intention of causing or with the knowledge that he is likely to cause such injury or hurt or causes a person to be in a permanent vegetative state shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and with fine: Provided t…

Read the full BNS Section 124 →

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.