BNS Offences against the Body, Property and Women — Practice

Question 1

Which BNS sections define and punish murder?

Accepted Answer

BNS 101 defines murder and BNS 103 punishes it, corresponding to IPC 300 and 302.

Question 2

Which BNS section deals with dowry death and what is the minimum punishment?

Accepted Answer

BNS 80 (IPC 304B); not less than seven years, extending to life imprisonment.

Question 3

List the five exceptions that reduce murder to culpable homicide.

Accepted Answer

Grave and sudden provocation, exceeding the right of private defence in good faith, a public servant exceeding his powers in good faith, a sudden fight in heat of passion without premeditation or undue advantage, and the consent of a victim above 18.

Question 4

State any five kinds of grievous hurt under BNS 116.

Accepted Answer

Emasculation, permanent loss of sight, loss of hearing, loss of a limb or joint, permanent disfiguring of the head or face, fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth, and hurt endangering life or causing severe pain for twenty days.

Question 5

Distinguish theft, robbery and dacoity.

Accepted Answer

Theft is dishonestly taking movable property without consent. Robbery is theft or extortion accompanied by hurt or fear of hurt. Dacoity is robbery committed or attempted by five or more persons.

Question 6

Distinguish criminal breach of trust from cheating.

Accepted Answer

In criminal breach of trust, the property is lawfully entrusted and later dishonestly misappropriated or used in breach of a legal direction. In cheating, the accused deceives the victim and dishonestly induces delivery of property, so the dishonest intention exists at the start. Entrustment and the time when dishonesty arose are the points of difference.

Question 7

A, enraged by news that B insulted his sister an hour earlier, finds B and stabs him in the chest, and B dies. Decide A's liability.

Accepted Answer

A caused death with the intention of causing bodily injury sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, so it is culpable homicide amounting to murder under BNS 101, third limb (Virsa Singh). The question is Exception 1, grave and sudden provocation. An insult an hour earlier is unlikely to count as sudden because there was time to cool, so A is liable under BNS 103(1). If provocation were made out, it would be culpable homicide under BNS 105.

Question 8

Name two offences newly created by the BNS.

Accepted Answer

Any two of: organised crime (BNS 111), petty organised crime (112), terrorist act (113), mob lynching as murder (103(2)), snatching (304), hit and run (106(2)) or sexual intercourse by deceitful means (69).

Practice — BNS Offences against the Body, Property and Women

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