BNS Section 290: Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc (formerly IPC 288)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · in force from 1 July 2024
BNS 290: Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc
From 1 July 2024
Whoever, in pulling down, repairing or constructing any building, knowingly or negligently omits to take such measures with that building as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from the fall of that building, or of any part thereof, 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.
What it replaced in the IPC
BNS 290 ← IPC 288 · Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildingsChanged
BPR&D's comparison records a change. Read what changed before relying on the old wording.
What changed, per BPR&D: BNS added "or constructing”. The upper limit of the fine is increased from one thousand to five thousand rupees. “measures” replaces “order”.
Printed in both official correspondence tables (BPR&D and NCRB).
Whoever, in pulling down or repairing any building, knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with that building as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from the fall of that building, or of any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
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 288
They remain the law on IPC 288. 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 29.
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), page 59.
- 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.