BBanaka

BNS Section 168: Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 8: Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force

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168. Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman in the Army, Naval or Air service of the Government of India, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, sailor or airman with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Study: explanations and related material

Replaces IPC 140. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

168Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 2,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 169. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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