cheating Why Cheating & Criminal Breach of Trust Cannot Co-exist Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 1. Introduction The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) with a modern criminal law framework rooted in Indian realities. Among its many provisions, two Tarun Sharma 23 Oct 2025 · 9 min read