IPC · Chapter XIV · Of offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals
IPC section 289, “Negligent conduct with respect to animal”, is now BNS section 291 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Now BNS section 291. The duty is to take “measures” against probable danger from an animal (IPC: “order”), and the maximum fine rises from ₹1,000 to ₹5,000.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Whoever knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any animal in his possession as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life, or any probable danger of grievous hurt from such animal, 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.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Whoever knowingly or negligently omits to take such measures with any animal in his possession as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life, or any probable danger of grievous hurt from such animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description 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amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown.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The BNS repealed the IPC from 1 July 2024 (section 358(1)).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against the IPC still stand, and proceedings for them may be started, continued and enforced as if the IPC had not been repealed.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.
