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BNS Section 21.\u00a0\u00a0 Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding. Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under twelve years of age, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge of the nature and consequences of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-21.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 21","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,163,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-21","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n