Under Section 113 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the offence of 'terrorist act' is committed where a person does any act with the intent to threaten or likely to threaten the unity, integrity, sovereignty, security or economic security of India, or with the intent to strike terror in the people, by using -

Section 113 of the BNS introduces the offence of terrorist act, a new provision absent in the Indian Penal Code. It covers any act done with the intent to threaten or likely to threaten the unity, integrity, sovereignty, security or economic security of India, or with the intent to strike terror in the people or any section of the people, by using bombs, dynamite or other explosive or inflammable substances, firearms or other lethal weapons, poisonous or noxious gases or chemicals, or any hazardous substance, whether biological, radioactive, nuclear or otherwise, or by any other means, to cause death or injury to persons, loss or damage to property, or the disruption of supplies or services essential to the life of the community.