PROVISIONS UNDER BNS

• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 is India's new substantive criminal code, replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860.
• Part of a trio of new criminal laws: BNS (replaces IPC), BNSS (replaces CrPC, 1973), BSA (replaces Indian Evidence Act, 1872).
• Reduces sections from 511 (IPC) to 358 (BNS); 177 sections amended, 9 added, 22 repealed.
• Introduces community service as a punishment for the first time and codifies mob lynching, terrorism, organised crime as standalone offences.