Another genuinely new category. Covers continuing unlawful activity — kidnapping, robbery, vehicle theft, extortion, land grabbing, contract killing, economic offences, cybercrime, trafficking in persons/drugs/weapons/illicit goods, or human trafficking for prostitution or ransom — carried out by a person or group, singly or jointly, as part of an organised crime syndicate, or on its behalf, using violence, threats, intimidation or coercion for material or financial benefit.
- Previously this kind of activity was mostly handled through state-specific organised-crime laws (like Maharashtra's MCOCA) — BNS brings a version of it into the general national criminal code for the first time.
If you're a victim of coordinated, syndicate-style crime (not a one-off, isolated offence), this is the category built specifically for that pattern, on top of whatever the underlying act (extortion, trafficking, etc.) already covers.
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Petty Organised Crime
This is the more likely provision if you've been targeted by an organised street gang (e.g. coordinated snatching or scam rings) rather than large-scale syndicate crime.
Terrorist Act
Mostly relevant as background context for how India's criminal law is now structured — this is not a provision an ordinary citizen is likely to encounter directly, but it's worth knowing it now exists in the main code, not just a special law.
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