BNS Section 166 — Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
Section 166 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
166. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.—Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force, of the Government of India, shall, if such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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