Which one of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines and punishes…

Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) defines organised crime as any continuing unlawful activity (such as kidnapping, robbery, vehicle theft, extortion, land grabbing, contract killing, economic offence, cyber-crimes or trafficking) carried on by a person or group, as a member of or on behalf of an organised crime syndicate, by violence, threat, intimidation, coercion or other unlawful means to obtain a direct or indirect material benefit; sub-sections (2) to (7) prescribe the punishments. The BNS has no separate offence of being a thug (formerly ss.310–311 IPC); habitual gang crime is now addressed by provisions such as section 111.

Section 109 punishes attempt to murder, section 113 defines and punishes a terrorist act, and section 310 deals with dacoity.