IPC · Chapter XI · Of false evidence and offences against public justice
IPC section 228, “Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding”, is now BNS section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Now BNS section 267. The maximum fine rises from ₹1,000 to ₹5,000; imprisonment stays at up to six months.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Whoever intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Whoever, intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.
The BNS repealed the IPC from 1 July 2024 (section 358(1)). The repeal does not reach back: under section 358(2), penalties and punishments incurred for offences committed against the IPC still stand, and proceedings for them may be started, continued and enforced as if the IPC had not been repealed. An act done before 1 July 2024 is therefore dealt with under the IPC section; an act done on or after that date, under the BNS.
