India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Main features of the new criminal laws are given in the Annexure.
For the first time, new offences of mob lynching have been made punishable in section 103 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Section 103 (2) of BNS provides that when a group of five or more persons acting in concert commits murder on the ground of race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground each member of such group shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, for the first time, the provisions relating to crime against woman and ...