IPC Section 498A is now BNS Section 85
- IPC 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) → BNS 85 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty§86 defines "cruelty" for §85.
Verbatim · BNS 8585. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.— Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Read the full BNS Section 85 →
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.