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CHAPTER VII OF OFFENCES RELATINGTO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE

Section 135: Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever abets the desertion of any officer, soldier, 1[sailor or airman], in the Army, 2[Navy or Air Force] of the 3[Government of India], shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and the First Sch., for “or sailor”.
  2. 2.Subs. by s. 2 and the First Sch., ibid., for “or Navy”.
  3. 3.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Queen”.

Now in the BNS

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

135. Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman.BNS 163

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