IPC Section 354 is now BNS Section 74
- IPC 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) → BNS 74 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
Verbatim · BNS 7474. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.— Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Read the full BNS Section 74 →
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.