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class="infobox-data">21 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assented to by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> (<a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assented to</th><td class="infobox-data">25 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commenced</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 2024</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Legislative history</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">First chamber: <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">Bill</a> title</th><td class="infobox-data">The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bill citation</th><td class="infobox-data">Bill No. 173 of 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Home Minister</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced</th><td class="infobox-data">12 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committee responsible</th><td class="infobox-data">Parliamentary Standing Committee</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Passed</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voting summary</th><td class="infobox-data nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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style="color:#900">Minority Voice voted against</span></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Second chamber: <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bill title</th><td class="infobox-data">The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Received from the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member(s) in charge</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Home Minister</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Passed</th><td class="infobox-data">21 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voting summary</th><td 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Code</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Related legislation</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Nagarik_Suraksha_Sanhita" title="Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita">Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Sakshya_Adhiniyam,_2023" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023">Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">The bill seeks to replace the entire Indian Penal Code and to provide a new approach for penalties and punishments for crimes defined under a new pattern.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#AAF0D1;"><b>Status:</b> In force</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita</b> (<b>BNS</b>) (<a href="/wiki/International_Alphabet_of_Sanskrit_Transliteration" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration">IAST</a>: <i>Bhāratīya Nyāya Saṃhitā;</i> <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Indian Justice Code</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the official <a href="/wiki/Criminal_code" title="Criminal code">criminal code</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It came into effect on 1 July, 2024 after being passed by the parliament in December 2023 to replace the <b><a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code</a></b> (<b>IPC</b>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_timeline">Background and timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 11 August 2023, <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a>, introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>.</li> <li>On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 was withdrawn.</li> <li>On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 20 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023 was passed in Lok Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 21 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita bill, 2023 was passed in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>.</li> <li>On 25 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023 received the assent of the President of India.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Changes">Changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the BNS, 20 new offences have been added to and 19 provisions in the repealed IPC have been dropped. The punishment of imprisonment has been increased for 33 offences, and fines have been increased for 83 offences. A mandatory minimum punishment has been introduced for 23 offences. A sentence of community service has been introduced for six offences.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Offences against the body</b>: The BNS retains the provisions of the IPC on murder, abetment of suicide, assault and causing grievous hurt. It adds new offences such as organised crime, terrorism, and murder or grievous hurt by a group on certain grounds.</li> <li><b>Sexual offences against women:</b> The BNS retains the provisions of the IPC on rape, voyeurism, stalking and insulting the modesty of a woman. It increases the threshold for the victim to be classified as an adult, in the case of gang rape, from 16 to 18 years of age.</li> <li><b>Offences against property:</b> The BNS retains the provisions of the IPC on theft, robbery, burglary and cheating. It adds new offences such as cybercrime and financial fraud.</li> <li><b>Offences against the state:</b> The BNS removes sedition as an offence. Instead, there is a new offence for acts endangering India's sovereignty, unity and integrity.</li> <li><b>Offences against the public:</b> The BNS adds new offences such as environmental pollution and human trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Debate">Debate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Debate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like Indian Penal Code, the BNS retains the <a href="/wiki/Rape_in_India#Marital_rape" title="Rape in India">marital rape exception</a>. It retains the <a href="/wiki/Value_laden" class="mw-redirect" title="Value laden">value laden</a> phrase ‘outraging the modesty of women’ instead of replacing it with the gender-neutral term ‘sexual assault’.<sup id="cite_ref-wire_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wire-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It provides inadequate protection to victims of <a href="/wiki/Revenge_porn" title="Revenge porn">non-consensual intimate imagery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It does not include any provision for offences involving rape of males or of transgender individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Provision for offence for acts endangering ‘sovereignty or unity and integrity of India’, is ambiguous, with the potential to curtail freedom of speech or to stifle dissent.<sup id="cite_ref-wire_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wire-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Assistant professor Faisal Fasih from <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_National_University_of_Juridical_Sciences" title="West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences">West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences</a> argued that Extensive power is given to the state or the police. It is not in conformity with the advertisement for making the laws. One may wonder how can penal codes be justice-oriented, these are about penal provisions said by <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BNS comprises 20 chapters and 358 sections. Its structure is similar to that of the IPC. The outline of the Sanhita is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Chapters </th> <th>Clauses </th> <th>Classification of Offences </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 1 </td> <td>Clauses 1 to 3 </td> <td>Preliminary </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 2 </td> <td>Clauses 4 to 13 </td> <td>Of Punishments </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 3 </td> <td>Clauses 14 to 44 </td> <td>General Exceptions   <p><i>of the Right to Private Defence (sections 34 to 44)</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 4 </td> <td>Clauses 45 to 62 </td> <td>Of Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 5 </td> <td>Clauses 63 to 99 </td> <td>Of Offences against Women and Children <ul><li><i>Of Sexual Offences (63 to 73)</i></li> <li><i>Of criminal force and assault against women (74 to 79)</i></li> <li><i>Of Offences relating to marriage (80 to 87)</i></li> <li><i>Of causing miscarriage, etc. (88 to 99)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 6 </td> <td>Clauses 100 to 144 </td> <td>Of Offences Affecting the Human Body <ul><li><i>Of Offences Affecting Life (100 to 113)</i></li> <li><i>Of Hurt (114 to 125)</i></li> <li><i>Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement (126 to 136)</i></li> <li><i>Of Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced Labour (137 to 146)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 7 </td> <td>Clauses 147 to 158 </td> <td>Of Offences Against the State </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 8 </td> <td>Clauses 159 to 168 </td> <td>Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 9 </td> <td>Clauses 169 to 177 </td> <td>Of Offences Relating to Elections </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 10 </td> <td>Clauses 178 to 188 </td> <td>Of Offences Relating to Coins, Bank Notes, Currency Notes and Government Stamps </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 11 </td> <td>Clauses 189 to 197 </td> <td>Of Offences Against the Public Tranquility </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 12 </td> <td>Clauses 198 to 205 </td> <td>Of Offences by Or Relating to Public Servants </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 13 </td> <td>Clauses 206 to 226 </td> <td>Of Contempt of Lawful Authority of Public Servants </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 14 </td> <td>Clauses 227 to 269 </td> <td>Of False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 15 </td> <td>Clauses 270 to 297 </td> <td>Of Offences affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convince, Decency and Morals </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 16 </td> <td>Clauses 298 to 302 </td> <td>Of Offences Relating to Religion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 17 </td> <td>Clauses 303 to 334 </td> <td>Of Offences against Property <ul><li><i>Of Theft (303 to 307)</i></li> <li><i>Of Extortion (308)</i></li> <li><i>Of Robbery and Dacoity (309 to 313)</i></li> <li><i>Of Criminal Misappropriation of Property (314 and 315)</i></li> <li><i>Of Criminal Breach of Trust (316)</i></li> <li><i>Of receiving of stolen property (317)</i></li> <li><i>Of Cheating (318 and 319)</i></li> <li><i>Of Fundamental Deeds and Disposition of Property (320 to 323)</i></li> <li><i>Of Mischief (324 to 328)</i></li> <li><i>Of Criminal Trespass (329 to 334)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 18 </td> <td>Clauses 335 to 350 </td> <td>Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks <ul><li><i>Of Documents (335 to 344)</i></li> <li><i>Of Property Marks (345 to 350)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 19 </td> <td>Clauses 351 to 356 </td> <td>Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance, Defamation, Etc <ul><li><i>Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance (351 to 355)</i></li> <li><i>Of Defamation (356)</i></li> <li><i>Of breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of the helpless person (357)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chapter 20 </td> <td>Clause 358 </td> <td><i>Repeal and Savings (358)</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Nagarik_Suraksha_Sanhita" title="Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita">Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Sakshya_Act,_2023" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatiya Sakshya Act, 2023">Bharatiya Sakshya Act, 2023</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatiya_Nyaya_Sanhita&action=edit&section=6" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Cognisable_offence" title="Cognisable offence">Cognisable offence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law)" title="Civil law (common law)">Civil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal law">Personal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Civil_Procedure_(India)" title="Code of Civil Procedure (India)">Code of Civil Procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Hindu_law" title="Modern Hindu law">Modern Hindu law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_personal_law" title="Christian personal law">Christian Personal law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Personal_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim Personal Law">Muslim Personal Law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Criminal_Procedure_(India)" title="Code of Criminal Procedure (India)">Code of Criminal Procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Personal_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Personal Law">Hindu Personal Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Indian_law" title="History of Indian law">History of Indian law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_India" title="Judiciary of India">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sitting_judges_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_India" title="List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India">Judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_India" title="High courts of India">High Courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_justices" title="List of current Indian chief justices">Chief Justices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sitting_judges_of_High_Courts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sitting judges of High Courts of India">Judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_India" title="District courts of India">District Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Judicial_Magistrate_Court" title="Chief Judicial Magistrate Court">Chief Judicial Magistrate Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Munsiff_Court" title="District Munsiff Court">District Munsiff Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subordinate_judge" title="Subordinate judge">Subordinate Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gram_Nyayalayas_Act,_2008" title="Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008">Gram Nyayalayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Adalat" title="Lok Adalat">Lok Adalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribunals_in_India" title="Tribunals in India">Tribunals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ministries_and_departments_of_the_Government_of_India" title="List of ministries and departments of the Government of India">Ministries & departments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_of_India" title="Law Commission of India">Law Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Ministry of Law and Justice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_(Bihar)" title="Department of Home (Bihar)">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_(Kerala)" title="Department of Home (Kerala)">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_Government_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Home Affairs Government of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home,_Prohibition_and_Excise" title="Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_and_Confidential" title="Department of Home and Confidential">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_(West_Bengal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home (West Bengal)">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_India" title="Crime in India">Crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse_laws_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Child sexual abuse laws in India">Against children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India" title="Violence against women in India">Against women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India" title="Caste-related violence in India">Caste related</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_India" title="Corruption in India">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_India" title="Human rights in India">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_India" title="Mass surveillance in India">Mass surveillance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape_in_India" title="Rape in India">Rape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_in_India" title="Suicide in India">Suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organised_crime_in_India" title="Organised crime in India">Organised</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drug_policy_of_India" title="Drug policy of India">Drugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_black_money" title="Indian black money">Black money</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawala" title="Hawala">Hawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paid_news_in_India" title="Paid news in India">Paid media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_scandals_in_India" title="List of scandals in India">Scandals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_India" title="Terrorism in India">Terrorism</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Records_and_tracking" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Records and tracking</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Records_Bureau" title="National Crime Records Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Criminal_Tracking_Network_and_Systems" title="Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems">Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_intelligence_agencies" title="List of Indian intelligence agencies">Intelligence agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Police_Research_and_Development" title="Bureau of Police Research and Development">Bureau of Police Research and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Revenue_Intelligence" title="Directorate of Revenue Intelligence">Directorate of Revenue Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Intelligence_Committee_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Intelligence Committee (India)">Joint Intelligence Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Technical_Research_Organisation" title="National Technical Research Organisation">National Technical Research Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing" title="Research and Analysis Wing">Research and Analysis Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Group_(India)" title="Special Group (India)">Special Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Frontier_Force" title="Special Frontier Force">Special Frontier Force</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Investigation_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Investigation agency">Investigation agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Narcotics" title="Central Bureau of Narcotics">Central Bureau of Narcotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_General_of_Income_Tax_Investigation" title="Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation">Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investigation_Division_of_the_Central_Board_of_Direct_Taxes" title="Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes">Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcotics_Control_Bureau" title="Narcotics Control Bureau">Narcotics Control Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Investigation_Agency" title="National Investigation Agency">National Investigation Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Counter_Terrorism_Centre" title="National Counter Terrorism Centre">National Counter Terrorism Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_Crime_Control_Bureau" title="Wildlife Crime Control Bureau">Wildlife Crime Control Bureau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Police_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Police in India">Police</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Police_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Police service">Police service</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">Indian Police Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_Police_Service" title="Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Police_Service_(Uttar_Pradesh)" title="Provincial Police Service (Uttar Pradesh)">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Police_Service_(Uttarakhand)" title="Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bengal Police Service">West Bengal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_police_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian police ranks">Police ranks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(India)" title="Commissioner of Police (India)">Commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_general_of_police" title="Director general of police">Director general</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Police_Memorial_(India)" title="National Police Memorial (India)">National Police Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cases_of_police_brutality_in_India" title="List of cases of police brutality in India">Police brutality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Complaints_Authority_(India)" title="Police Complaints Authority (India)">Police Complaints Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research and Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Police_Research_and_Development" title="Bureau of Police Research and Development">Bureau of Police Research and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Foundation_and_Institute" title="Indian Police Foundation and Institute">Indian Police Foundation and Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel_National_Police_Academy" title="Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federal_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal police">Central agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Rifles" title="Assam Rifles">Assam Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Armed_Police_Forces" title="Central Armed Police Forces">Central Armed Police Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Force" title="Central Industrial Security Force">Central Industrial Security Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">Central Reserve Police Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commando_Battalion_for_Resolute_Action" title="Commando Battalion for Resolute Action">Commando Battalion for Resolute Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Action_Force" title="Rapid Action Force">Rapid Action Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Railway_Police" title="Government Railway Police">Government Railway Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(India)" title="Home Guard (India)">Home Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police" title="Indo-Tibetan Border Police">Indo-Tibetan Border Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Guard" title="National Security Guard">National Security Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">Railway Protection Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Group" title="Special Protection Group">Special Protection Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashastra_Seema_Bal" title="Sashastra Seema Bal">Sashastra Seema Bal</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Union_territories" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Union_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Union territories">Union territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Police" title="Andaman and Nicobar Police">Andaman and Nicobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Police" title="Chandigarh Police">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Police" title="Delhi Police">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Police" title="Jammu and Kashmir Police">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_Police" title="Ladakh Police">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_Police" title="Lakshadweep Police">Lakshadweep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_Police" title="Puducherry Police">Puducherry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/State_police#India" title="State police">States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Police" title="Andhra Pradesh Police">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_Police" title="Arunachal Pradesh Police">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Police" title="Assam Police">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Police" title="Bihar Police">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_Police" title="Chhattisgarh Police">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Police" title="Goa Police">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Police" title="Gujarat Police">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Police" title="Haryana Police">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_Police" title="Himachal Pradesh Police">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Police" title="Jharkhand Police">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Police" title="Karnataka Police">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Police" title="Kerala Police">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Police" title="Madhya Pradesh Police">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Police" title="Maharashtra Police">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_Police" title="Manipur Police">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Police" title="Meghalaya Police">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_Police" title="Mizoram Police">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Police" title="Nagaland Police">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Police" title="Odisha Police">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Police_(India)" title="Punjab Police (India)">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Police" title="Rajasthan Police">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Police" title="Sikkim Police">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Police" title="Tamil Nadu Police">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telangana_Police" title="Telangana Police">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura_Police" title="Tripura Police">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Police" title="Uttar Pradesh Police">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Police" title="Uttarakhand Police">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Police" title="West Bengal Police">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Armed_and_tactical_units" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/State_Armed_Police_Forces" title="State Armed Police Forces">Armed</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_police_tactical_units" title="List of police tactical units">tactical units</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Terrorism_Squad" title="Anti-Terrorism Squad">Anti-Terrorism Squad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter_Insurgency_Force" title="Counter Insurgency Force">Counter Insurgency Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Frontier_Rifles" title="Eastern Frontier Rifles">Eastern Frontier Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_One_(Mumbai_Police)" class="mw-redirect" title="Force One (Mumbai Police)">Force One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greyhounds_(police)" title="Greyhounds (police)">Greyhounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Thunderbolts" title="Kerala Thunderbolts">Kerala Thunderbolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_Armed_Police" title="Mizoram Armed Police">Mizoram Armed Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Police_SWAT_Team" title="Punjab Police SWAT Team">Punjab Police SWAT Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Group_(Jammu_and_Kashmir)" title="Special Operations Group (Jammu and Kashmir)">Special Operations Group (Jammu and Kashmir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operation_Group_(Odisha)" title="Special Operation Group (Odisha)">Special Operation Group (Odisha)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Tactical_Unit" title="Special Tactical Unit">Special Tactical Unit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Provincial_Armed_Constabulary" title="Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary">Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Provincial_Armed_Constabulary" title="Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary">Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legal_education_in_India" title="Legal education in India">Bar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Council_of_India" title="Bar Council of India">Bar Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Additional Solicitor General of India">Additional Solicitor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_general_(India)" title="Advocate general (India)">Advocate General</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers#Asia" title="List of emergency telephone numbers">Emergency phone numbers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1-0-0" class="mw-redirect" title="1-0-0">1-0-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1-0-8" class="mw-redirect" 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