Old code to new code: IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act beside the 2023 codes, section by section

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026 · Updated 29 October 2026

The three codes of 1 July 2024 and the three they replaced, section by section, in one table. Type a section number from either side. Open a row to read the old text beside the new and see, word by word, what changed.

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Each row is one section of the new code. The middle column is the old provision the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary pairs with it; where a new section gathers several old ones, or one old section is split clause by clause, the row says so and opens to the list. “What changed” is Pundora’s own comparison of the two official texts, word by word: a word struck through was in the old section and is not in the new; a word marked was added. It shows the words, not their effect; read both texts.

Questions advocates ask

What is IPC 302 in the BNS?

Section 302 of the IPC (Punishment for murder) corresponds to section 103 of the BNS (Punishment for murder), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 103 of the BNS.

What is IPC 304B in the BNS?

Section 304B of the IPC (Dowry death) corresponds to section 80 of the BNS (Dowry death), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 80 of the BNS.

What is IPC 307 in the BNS?

Section 307 of the IPC (Attempt to murder) corresponds to section 109 of the BNS (Attempt to murder), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 109 of the BNS.

What is IPC 376 in the BNS?

Section 376 of the IPC (Punishment for rape) corresponds to section 64, 65(1) of the BNS (Punishment for rape), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 64 of the BNS.

What is IPC 420 in the BNS?

Section 420 of the IPC (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) corresponds to section 318(4) of the BNS (Cheating), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 318 of the BNS.

What is IPC 498A in the BNS?

Section 498A of the IPC (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) corresponds to section 85, 86 of the BNS (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 85 of the BNS.

What is IPC 34 in the BNS?

Section 34 of the IPC (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) corresponds to section 3(5) of the BNS (General explanations), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 3 of the BNS.

What is IPC 120B in the BNS?

Section 120B of the IPC (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) corresponds to section 61(2) of the BNS (Criminal conspiracy), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 61 of the BNS.

What is IPC 406 in the BNS?

Section 406 of the IPC (Punishment for criminal breach of trust) corresponds to section 316(2) of the BNS (Criminal breach of trust), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 316 of the BNS.

What is CrPC 125 in the BNSS?

Section 125 of the CrPC corresponds to section 144 of the BNSS (Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 144 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 154 in the BNSS?

Section 154 of the CrPC corresponds to section 173 of the BNSS (Information in cognizable cases), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 173 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 161 in the BNSS?

Section 161 of the CrPC corresponds to section 180 of the BNSS (Examination of witnesses by police), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 180 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 164 in the BNSS?

Section 164 of the CrPC corresponds to section 183 of the BNSS (Recording of confessions and statements), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 183 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 173 in the BNSS?

Section 173 of the CrPC corresponds to section 193 of the BNSS (Report of police officer on completion of investigation), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 193 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 313 in the BNSS?

Section 313 of the CrPC corresponds to section 351 of the BNSS (Power to examine accused), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 351 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 437 in the BNSS?

Section 437 of the CrPC corresponds to section 480 of the BNSS (When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 480 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 438 in the BNSS?

Section 438 of the CrPC corresponds to section 482 of the BNSS (Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 482 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 439 in the BNSS?

Section 439 of the CrPC corresponds to section 483 of the BNSS (Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 483 of the BNSS.

What is CrPC 482 in the BNSS?

Section 482 of the CrPC corresponds to section 528 of the BNSS (Saving of inherent powers of High Court), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 528 of the BNSS.

What is Evidence Act 65B in the BSA?

Section 65B of the Evidence Act (Admissibility of electronic records) corresponds to section 63 of the BSA (Admissibility of electronic records), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 63 of the BSA.

What is Evidence Act 27 in the BSA?

Section 27 of the Evidence Act (How much of information received from accused may be proved) corresponds to section 23 of the BSA (Confession to police officer), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 23 of the BSA.

What is Evidence Act 45 in the BSA?

Section 45 of the Evidence Act (Opinions of experts) corresponds to section 39(1) of the BSA (Opinions of experts), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 39 of the BSA.

What is Evidence Act 114 in the BSA?

Section 114 of the Evidence Act (Court may presume existence of certain facts) corresponds to section 119 of the BSA (Court may presume existence of certain facts), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 119 of the BSA.

What is Evidence Act 165 in the BSA?

Section 165 of the Evidence Act (Judge’s power to put questions or order production) corresponds to section 168 of the BSA (Judge’s power to put questions or order production), according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s official comparison summary. Open the row · read section 168 of the BSA.

Sources

  1. Bureau of Police Research and Development (Ministry of Home Affairs): comparison summary, BNS to IPC (read 1 September 2026)
  2. Bureau of Police Research and Development (Ministry of Home Affairs): comparison summary, BNSS to CrPC (read 1 September 2026)
  3. Bureau of Police Research and Development (Ministry of Home Affairs): comparison summary, BSA to Evidence Act (read 1 September 2026)
  4. India Code: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (read 1 September 2026)
  5. India Code: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (read 1 September 2026)
  6. India Code: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (read 1 September 2026)
  7. India Code: The Indian Penal Code, 45 of 1860 (repealed), the edition as amended to its repeal (read 29 October 2026)
  8. India Code: The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, 1 of 1872 (repealed), the edition as amended to its repeal (read 29 October 2026)
  9. Source of the omitted-section notes — UP Police Corresponding Section Table of BNS (Deleted entries) (read 1 September 2026)

The rows are the official comparison summary’s; the texts are the Acts’ own words from India Code; the word-by-word comparison is Pundora’s and shows words, not their effect. Where the summary and the Gazette differ, the Gazette governs; a correction sent to contact@pundora.in is made and dated.