If the bill introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah introduced in the Lok Sabha becomes the law of the land, Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 302 would no longer prescribe the punishment for murder.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 will repeal and replace the more than 160-year-old Indian Penal Code (IPC), will contain new numbers for some of the most commonly used sections of the Code, section numbers that have long been part of dialogues in films, aspects of popular culture, and the language of common people.

Now there will nothing as Dafa 302 ke tahat.

According to the IPC Section 302: The current section prescribes the punishment for murder. "Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death

or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine."

In the proposed BNS, 2023: Section 302 describes the offence of "Snatching". According to Section 302(1), "Theft is "snatching" if, in order to commit theft, the offender suddenly or quickly or forcibly seizes or secures or grabs or takes away from any person or from his possession any moveable property."

Under the proposed new law, what was previously known as Section 302, the murder, will now fall under Section 101. Within the BNS Bill, Clause 101(2) defines mob lynching as an act where "a collective of five or more individuals, acting in coordination, commits murder based on factors such as race, caste, community, sex, place of birth, language, personal beliefs, or any other criteria. Each member of such a group could face penalties including death sentence, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a minimum of seven years, in addition to fines. Clause 101(1) stipulates that it entails either death penalty, life imprisonment, or a fine. The current Indian Penal Code (IPC), the existing provisions do not encompass murder committed by a mob, leading law enforcement to typically register mob lynching cases under Section 302 of the IPC.

Source: TimesNow