IPC · Chapter XVII · Of offences against property
IPC section 429, “Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees”, is now BNS section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Merged with IPC 428 into BNS section 325, which covers any animal, whatever its value, without listing particular animals. Same punishment: up to five years, or fine, or both.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless, any elephant, camel, horse, mule, buffalo, bull, cow or ox, whatever may be the value thereof, or any other animal of the value of fifty rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, 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amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown.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The BNS repealed the IPC from 1 July 2024 (section 358(1)).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against the IPC still stand, and proceedings for them may be started, continued and enforced as if the IPC had not been repealed.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.
