BNS Section 281 — Rash driving or riding on a public way
Section 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Rash driving or riding on a public way”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
281. Rash driving or riding on a public way.—Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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