Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 103, BNS: Punishment for murder
Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the IPC provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BNS provision | IPC provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 103 | Section 302 | corresponds |
| Section 103 | — | new in the BNS |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: IPC to BNS.
The section
103. Punishment for murder.
(1) Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.. (2) When a group of five or more persons acting in concert commits murder on the ground of race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground each member of such group shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, section 103 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNS to IPC (read 1 September 2026)