Which of the following is a new offense defined under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
Terrorist act
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which replaced the Indian Penal Code from 1 July 2024, added new offences such as terrorist act (Section 113) and organised crime.
Criminal intimidation already existed in the IPC, adultery had been struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018, and sedition has been dropped in its old form.
Hence, Terrorist act.
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