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IPC Section 339 is now BNS Section 126(1)

Verbatim · BNS 126(1)(1) Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.

Read the full BNS Section 126 →

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.