IPC Section 504 is now BNS Section 352
- IPC 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) → BNS 352 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace
Verbatim · BNS 352352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.— Whoever intentionally insults in any manner, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Read the full BNS Section 352 →
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.