IPC section 170 to BNS section 204: Personating a public servant
IPC section 170 maps to BNS section 204.
Description
Mandatory minimum imprisonment is introduced as six months and upper limit is increased from two years to three years.
Punishment
The available mapping record does not specify a punishment.
Notes
This section correspondence is a research aid, not a statement that the provisions are identical. Verify the current statutory text, commencement and case-specific applicability before relying on it.
Official Government of India source for the new criminal laws