Under section 226 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, an attempt to commit suicide made with the…

Section 226 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) provides that the offender "shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both, or with community service". Community service is one of the punishments listed in section 4(f) of the BNS. The other options state punishments that section 226 does not provide.

The BNS does not retain the general offence of attempt to commit suicide (formerly s.309 IPC); only an attempt made to compel or restrain a public servant from discharging official duty is punishable.