Section 117 (3) of the BNS is a new provision with no equivalent in the old IPC.
BNS section: 117 (3)
IPC equivalent: New provision (no IPC equivalent)
Category: Hurt
New addition. 'Whoever commits an offence under sub-section (1) and in the course of such commission causes any hurt to a person which causes that person to be in permanent disability or in persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life'.