Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
What this section does
Penalises knowingly or negligently conveying, or causing to be conveyed for hire, any person by water in a vessel that is in an unsafe state or so overloaded as to endanger that person's life. The commercial (for-hire) element is essential to the offence.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Quick reference
- Punishment
- Imprisonment of either description up to 6 months, or fine up to ₹5,000, or both.
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Cognizable
- No
- Bailable
- Yes
- Compoundable
- Yes
Ingredients (what prosecution must prove)
- The accused conveyed, or caused to be conveyed, a person by water in a vessel
- The conveyance was for hire
- The vessel was in an unsafe state or so loaded as to endanger the life of that person
- The accused acted knowingly or negligently with respect to that condition
Derived from IPC s.282.
Read the official text
For the binding statutory text of BNS Section 284, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.
Why this matters
BNS Section 284 forms part of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which replaced the Indian Penal Code 1860 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.