VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 302: Punishment for murder

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XVI — Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

302. Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or [imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine.

Now in the new law

BNS section 103 — Punishment for murder.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.