CHAPTER VII OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

Section 148: Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Whoever within or without and beyond India conspires to commit any of the offences punishable by section 147, or conspires to overawe, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, the Central Government or any State Government, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation.—To constitute a conspiracy under this section, it is not necessary that any act or illegal omission shall take place in pursuance thereof.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

148	121A. Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121.

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1. To constitute the offence under Section 148 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (conspiracy to commit offences punishable by Section 147, which deals with waging war against the Government of India):

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