BNS Section 133 – Assault
Chapter 6: Offences Affecting the Human Body ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 133
IPC S.351
Whoever makes any gesture or any preparation intending or knowing it to be likely that such gesture or preparation will cause any person present to apprehend that he who makes that gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force to that person is said to commit an assault.
📋 Explanation / Illustration
Illustration: A shakes his fist at Z intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause Z to believe that A is about to strike Z. A has committed an assault.
