BNS Section 160 — Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
Section 160 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
160. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.—Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government of India, shall, if mutiny be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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