Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 73, BNS: Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
Section 73 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 73 | Section 228A(3) | corresponds — old-column verbatim: 228A (3) |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: IPC to BNS.
The section
73. Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.
Whoever prints or publishes any matter in relation to any proceeding before a Court with respect to an offence referred to in section 72 without the previous permission of such Court shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.---The printing or publication of the judgment of any High Court or the Supreme Court does not amount to an offence within the meaning of this section.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 73 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNS to IPC (read 1 September 2026)