government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code with a draft code called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Objective

The objective of this Act is to provide a general penal code for India. Though not the initial objective, the Act does not repeal the penal laws which were in force at the time of coming into force in India. This was done because the code does not contain all the

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