Not Every Harm Is a Crime! 🤯 BNS Sections 17, 18 & 33 Explained

Описание: Welcome to The Legal Byte’s — your trusted digital classroom for Indian Criminal Law, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, and Judicial Service Exam Preparation.

In this detailed and concept-driven video, we decode BNS Section 17, Section 18, and Section 33, three of the most foundational General Exceptions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. These sections are crucial not only for law school exams, but also for Judicial Services, APO, JLO, UPSC Law Optional, and competitive law entrances.

⚖️ BNS Section 17 – Act Done by a Person Justified by Law or by Mistake of Fact

In this part, we explain:

• What does “justified by law” really mean?
• Difference between mistake of fact vs mistake of law
• Role of good faith and absence of mens rea
• Protection available to public servants and private individuals
• Why IPC Section 76 jurisprudence still applies to BNS Section 17
• Landmark case laws explained in simple language

📌 Key Concept:
If a person honestly believes—due to a mistake of fact—that the law authorises his act, criminal liability is excluded.

⚖️ BNS Section 18 – Accident in Doing a Lawful Act

This section embodies the golden principle:
“Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea.”

We explain:

• Meaning of accident vs negligence
• Why due care and caution are the backbone of Section 18
• Difference between civil liability and criminal liability
• Why every accidental death is NOT culpable homicide
• IPC Section 80 vs BNS Section 18 – continuity explained
• Supreme Court & High Court rulings simplified

📌 Key Concept:
If harm is caused accidentally, while doing a lawful act, in a lawful manner, with due care, and without intention or knowledge, there is no offence.

⚖️ BNS Section 33 – Act Causing Slight Harm (Doctrine of Triviality)

This section reflects the ancient legal maxim:

De minimis non curat lex
The law does not concern itself with trifles.

In this part, you’ll understand:

• What is “slight” or “trivial” harm?
• How courts apply the reasonable person test
• Why criminal law avoids punishing minor social frictions
• Difference between physical pain and social indignity
• Why some acts, though minor in pain, are still crimes
• IPC Section 95 vs BNS Section 33 explained

📌 Key Concept:
Criminal law is meant for serious wrongs, not petty irritations.

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