BNS Section 125: Act endangering life or personal safety of others (formerly IPC 336, IPC 337 and IPC 338)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · in force from 1 July 2024
BNS 125: Act endangering life or personal safety of others
From 1 July 2024
Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to two thousand five hundred rupees, or with both, but—
(a) where hurt is caused, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) where grievous hurt is caused, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
What it replaced in the IPC
BNS 125 ← IPC 336 · Act endangering life or personal safety of othersChanged
BPR&D's comparison records a change. Read what changed before relying on the old wording.
What changed, per BPR&D: Fine is increased from rupees two hundred and fifty to two thousand five hundred.
Printed in both official correspondence tables (BPR&D and NCRB).
Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees, or with both.
BNS 125(a) ← IPC 337 · Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of othersChanged
BPR&D's comparison records a change. Read what changed before relying on the old wording.
What changed, per BPR&D: Fine is increased from five hundred to five thousand rupees.
Printed in both official correspondence tables (BPR&D and NCRB).
Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
BNS 125(b) ← IPC 338 · Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of othersChanged
BPR&D's comparison records a change. Read what changed before relying on the old wording.
What changed, per BPR&D: Imprisonment is increased from two years to three years and fine is increased from one thousand to ten thousand rupees.
Printed in both official correspondence tables (BPR&D and NCRB).
Whoever causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Which one applies
An offence is governed by the law in force when it was committed. An offence committed before 1 July 2024 is charged and punished under the IPC; one committed on or after that date, under the BNS. Section 358 of the BNS, which repeals the IPC, preserves every liability and proceeding already incurred under it.
Read BNS section 358 →Judgments decided under IPC 336
They remain the law on IPC 336. Where the provision changed in the move, read what changed before relying on one for an offence after 1 July 2024.
Sources
- Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 to the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, page 15.
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), pages 37, 38.
- The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860), as amended, India Code, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.
BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.