IPC Section 311, Punishment: no BNS counterpart listed
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · applies to offences and proceedings before 1 July 2024
Neither official correspondence table lists a BNS provision for IPC 311.
IPC 311: Punishment
Before 1 July 2024
Whoever is a thug, shall be punished with [imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine.
Of the causing of miscarriage, of injuries to unborn children, of the exposure Of infants, and of the concealment of births.
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 311
They remain the law on IPC 311. 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.
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan).
- 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.