IPC Section 332 is now BNS Section 121(1)
- IPC 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from duty) → BNS 121(1) Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
Verbatim · BNS 121(1)(1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Read the full BNS Section 121 →
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.