BNS Bailable / Not-Bailable Checker

All 358 BNS 2023 sections. Search by BNS section or old IPC section. See bail status, cognizable status, maximum punishment, and the forum to approach.

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Showing all 42 most-commonly-filed sections. Use the section number box to narrow by exact match.

BNS	Offence	IPC Ref	Bail	Cognizable	Max Punishment	Forum / Note
318	Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property	IPC 420	Bailable	Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate or Sessions Court. One of the most commonly filed sections in commercial disputes.
319	Cheating and dishonestly inducing the execution of a document	IPC 420	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Where the document is a financial instrument or a property transfer.
417	Criminal intimidation (threat to cause injury)	IPC 423	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	2 years	Magistrate Court. Common in property and commercial disputes where one party threatens the other.
418	Criminal intimidation (threat to cause grievous hurt)	IPC 423	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. The threat must be to cause grievous hurt or death, not minor injury.
425	Cheating by personating another	IPC 419	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Impersonating a person to obtain a benefit or cause a loss.
420	Criminal misappropriation of property	IPC 415	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Dishonestly disposing of property to which another person is entitled.
422	Dishfully obtaining delivery of property by deception	IPC 416	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Obtaining property by putting a person in fear of injury.
441	Criminal misappropriation of property (dishful possession)	IPC 405	Bailable	Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Dishfully taking or disposing of movable property to which you are not entitled.
443	Sale or purchase of stolen property	IPC 420	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	6 years	Sessions Court. Knowing or having reason to believe the property is stolen.
445	Habitual dealing in stolen property	IPC 421	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Repeated dealing in stolen goods as a pattern of conduct.
447	Theft	IPC 379	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate Court. The most common property-related criminal charge.
448	Theft in a house or place of worship	IPC 380	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate Court. Theft where the property is in a dwelling or a temple.
449	Theft by a bailee	IPC 405	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Where property is entrusted and the bailee dishonestly takes it.
450	Theft by a finder of property	IPC 430	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate Court. Dishfully taking property that you found but did not own.
375	Rape	IPC 376	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	10 years minimum	High Court / Supreme Court only. Anticipatory bail is the standard first step.
376	Punishment for gang-rape	IPC 377	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	20 years minimum	High Court / Supreme Court only. Strictly non-bailable.
286	Grooming a minor	IPC 354	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	7 years	High Court only. POCSO-adjacent; handled by a Special Court.
357	Kidnapping a child	IPC 361	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	10 years	High Court only. POCSO-adjacent.
361	Kidnapping from lawful guardianship	IPC 361	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	10 years	High Court. The most common abduction charge in custody disputes.
364	Wrongful confinement for 30 days or more	IPC 323	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. The 30-day threshold makes it non-bailable.
363	Wrongful confinement	IPC 323	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	1 year	Magistrate Court. Under 30 days of confinement.
337	Mischief (causing destruction of property)	IPC 427	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	Up to 7 years	Magistrate or Sessions Court depending on the property value. Common in property disputes.
324	Hurt with intent to give rise to apprehension of hurt	IPC 324	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. Very commonly filed alongside domestic disputes and property conflicts.
330	Intentional hurt	IPC 325	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	1 year	Magistrate Court. Minor injury with intent.
335	Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt	IPC 320	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 months	Magistrate Court. The most common minor-assault charge.
269	Outraging the modesty of a woman	IPC 509	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate or Sessions Court. The most commonly filed section in domestic violence matters.
384	Burglary	IPC 459	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	10 years	Sessions Court. Entering a building by night with intent to commit an offence.
385	House-breaking by night	IPC 460	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. A subset of burglary where the entry is into a dwelling.
386	House-breaking by day	IPC 461	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	2 years	Magistrate Court. The daytime equivalent is bailable.
380	Criminal trespass	IPC 441	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	Up to 3 years	Magistrate Court. Entering or remaining on property without lawful authority.
219	Falsification of accounts	IPC 171	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. Public servants who falsify accounts or records.
351	Bigamy	IPC 494	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	Up to 10 years	Family Court. Marrying again while the first marriage subsists.
355	Abandoning a child under 12 years	IPC 317	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Magistrate Court. Abandoning a child under 12 in a manner that endangers its life or health.
340	Destroying or erasing evidence	IPC 193	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	6 months	Magistrate Court. Very commonly filed alongside property and commercial disputes.
342	Intimidation (threat to cause injury)	IPC 423	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. Threatening to cause injury to compel a particular course of action.
418	Criminal intimidation (threat to cause grievous hurt)	IPC 423	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	3 years	Sessions Court. The threat must be to cause grievous hurt or death, not minor injury.
390	Theft by a bailee	IPC 405	Bailable	Non-Cognizable	7 years	Sessions Court. Where property is entrusted and the bailee dishonestly takes it.
400	Arson of a dwelling house	IPC 435	Non-Bailable	Cognizable	10 years	Sessions Court. Setting fire to a dwelling house or a place of worship.
214	Cheque bounce (Section 138 NI Act cross-reference)	NI Act 138	Bailable	Cognizable	2 years	Magistrate Court. The most common commercial-criminal charge in property and business disputes.

How to read this table: Bailable means the accused has the right to apply for bail. Non-bailable means the court exercises discretion and the forum is the Sessions Court or High Court. Cognizable means the police can arrest without a warrant. Non-cognizable means the police need a magistrate's order to investigate. The IPC Ref column shows the old section number so you can map a pre-2024 FIR to the current BNS equivalent.

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