BNSS Section 33 - Public to give information of certain offences

(1) Every person, aware of the commission of, or of the intention of any other person to commit, any offence punishable under any of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, namely:—

• (i) sections 145 to 152 and section 156;
• (ii) sections 187 and 189;
• (iii) sections 272 to 278;
• (iv) sections 101, 102 and 103;
• (v) section 138;
• (vi) section 305;
• (vii) sections 307 to 311;
• (viii) section 314;
• (ix) sections 322 to 326;
• (x) section 330;
• (xi) section 329; and
• (xii) sections 176 to 180,

shall, in the absence of any reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which excuse shall lie upon the person so aware, forthwith give information to the nearest Magistrate or police officer of such commission or intention.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term "offence" includes any act committed at any place out of India which would constitute an offence if committed in India.