IPC Section 326B is now BNS Section 124(2)
- IPC 326B (Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid) → BNS 124(2) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc
Verbatim · BNS 124(2)(2) Whoever throws or attempts to throw acid on any person or attempts to administer acid to any person, or attempts to use any other means, with the intention of causing permanent or partial damage or deformity or burns or maiming or disfigurement or disability or grievous hurt to that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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.