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Bare Act · 537 sections

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Sections

  1. 1. Title and extent of operation of the Code
  2. 2. Punishment of offences committed within India
  3. 3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
  4. 4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
  5. 5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act

Chapter II — General Explanations

  1. 6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
  2. 7. Sense of expression once explained
  3. 8. Gender
  4. 9. Number
  5. 10. "Man". "Woman"
  6. 11. "Person"
  7. 12. "Public"
  8. 14. "Servant of Government"
  9. 17. "Government"
  10. 18. "India"
  11. 19. "Judge"
  12. 20. "Court of Justice"
  13. 21. "Public servant"
  14. 22. "Movable property"
  15. 23. "Wrongful gain"
  16. 24. "Dishonestly"
  17. 25. "Fraudulently"
  18. 26. "Reason to believe"
  19. 27. Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
  20. 28. "Counterfeit"
  21. 29. "Document"
  22. 30. "Valuable security"
  23. 31. "A will"
  24. 32. Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
  25. 33. "Act". "Omission"
  26. 34. Acts done by several persons in futherance of common intention
  27. 35. When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
  28. 36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
  29. 37. Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
  30. 38. Persons concerned in criminal Act may be guilty of different offences
  31. 39. "Voluntarily"
  32. 40. "Offence"
  33. 41. "Special law"
  34. 42. "Local law"
  35. 43. "Illegal". "Legally bound to do"
  36. 44. "Injury"
  37. 45. "Life"
  38. 46. "Death"
  39. 47. "Animal"
  40. 48. "Vessel"
  41. 49. "Year". "Month"
  42. 50. "Section"
  43. 51. "Oath"
  44. 52. "Good faith"
  45. 52A. "Harbour"

Chapter III — Of Punishments

  1. 53. Punishments
  2. 53A. Construction of reference to transportation
  3. 54. Commutation of sentence of death
  4. 55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
  5. 55A. Definition of "appropriate Government"
  6. 56. Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude
  7. 57. Fractions of terms of punishment
  8. 60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
  9. 63. Amount of fine
  10. 64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
  11. 65. Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable
  12. 66. Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
  13. 67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
  14. 68. Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine
  15. 69. Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
  16. 70. Fine leviable within six years, or during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability
  17. 71. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
  18. 72. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
  19. 73. Solitary confinement
  20. 74. Limit of solitary confinement
  21. 75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction

Chapter IV — General Exceptions

  1. 76. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
  2. 77. Act of Judge when acting judicially
  3. 78. Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
  4. 79. Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself, justified, by law
  5. 80. Accident in doing a lawful act
  6. 81. Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
  7. 82. Act of a child under seven years of age
  8. 83. Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding
  9. 84. Act of a person of unsound mind
  10. 85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
  11. 86. Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated
  12. 87. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
  13. 88. Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit
  14. 89. Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian
  15. 90. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
  16. 91. Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm cause
  17. 92. Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
  18. 93. Communication made in good faith
  19. 94. Act to which a person is compelled by threats
  20. 95. Act causing slight harm
  21. 96. Things done in private defence
  22. 97. Right of private defence of the body and of property
  23. 98. Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc
  24. 99. Acts against which there is no right of private defence
  25. 100. When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
  26. 101. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
  27. 102. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body
  28. 103. When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death
  29. 104. When such right to causing any harm other than death
  30. 105. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property
  31. 106. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person

Chapter V — Of Abetment

  1. 107. Abetment of a thing
  2. 108. Abettor
  3. 108A. Abetment in India of offences outside India
  4. 109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment
  5. 110. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
  6. 111. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
  7. 112. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
  8. 113. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
  9. 114. Abettor present when offence is committed
  10. 115. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life--if offence not committed
  11. 116. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment--if offence be not committed
  12. 117. Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
  13. 118. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
  14. 119. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent
  15. 120. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Chapter VA — Criminal Conspiracy

  1. 120A. Definition of criminal conspiracy
  2. 120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy

Chapter VI — Of Offences Against the State

  1. 121. Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India
  2. 121A. Section 121A
  3. 122. Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
  4. 123. Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
  5. 124. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
  6. 124A. Sedition
  7. 125. Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India
  8. 126. Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with the Government of India
  9. 127. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126
  10. 128. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to escape
  11. 129. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
  12. 130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner

Chapter VII — Of Offences Relating to the Army, 3*[navy and Air Force]

  1. 131. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty
  2. 132. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
  3. 133. Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
  4. 134. Abetment of such assault, if the assault committed
  5. 135. Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
  6. 136. Harbouring deserter
  7. 137. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
  8. 138. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
  9. 139. Persons subject to certain Acts
  10. 140. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Chapter VIII — Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity

  1. 141. Unlawful assembly
  2. 142. Being member of unlawful assembly
  3. 143. Punishment
  4. 144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
  5. 145. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
  6. 146. Rioting
  7. 147. Punishment for rioting
  8. 148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
  9. 149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
  10. 150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
  11. 151. Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
  12. 152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
  13. 153. Want only giving provocation with intent to cause riot--if rioting be committed: if not committed
  14. 153A. Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
  15. 153B. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration
  16. 154. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
  17. 155. Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
  18. 156. Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
  19. 157. Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
  20. 158. Section 158
  21. 159. Affray
  22. 160. Punishment for committing affray

Chapter IX — Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants

  1. 166. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
  2. 167. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
  3. 168. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
  4. 169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
  5. 170. Personating a public servant
  6. 171. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent

Chapter IXA — Of Offences Relating to Elections

  1. 171A. "Candidate", "Electoral right" defined
  2. 171B. Bribery
  3. 171C. Undue influence at elections
  4. 171D. Personation at elections
  5. 171E. Punishment for bribery
  6. 171F. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
  7. 171G. False statement in connection with an election
  8. 171H. Illegal payments in connection with an election

Chapter X — Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants

  1. 172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
  2. 173. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
  3. 174. Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
  4. 175. Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
  5. 176. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
  6. 177. Furnishing false information
  7. 178. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
  8. 179. Refusing to answer public servant authorized to question
  9. 180. Refusing to sign statement
  10. 181. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation
  11. 182. False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
  12. 183. Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
  13. 184. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
  14. 185. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
  15. 186. Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
  16. 187. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
  17. 188. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
  18. 189. Threat of injury to public servant
  19. 190. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Chapter XI — Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice

  1. 191. Giving false evidence
  2. 192. Fabricating false evidence
  3. 193. Punishment for false evidence
  4. 194. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
  5. 195. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
  6. 196. Using evidence known to be false
  7. 197. Issuing or signing false certificate
  8. 198. Using as true a certificate known to be false
  9. 199. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
  10. 200. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be flase
  11. 201. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
  12. 202. Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
  13. 203. Giving false information respecting an offence committed
  14. 204. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
  15. 205. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
  16. 206. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
  17. 207. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
  18. 208. Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
  19. 209. Dishonesty making false claim in Court
  20. 210. Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
  21. 211. False charge of offence made with intent to injure
  22. 212. Harbouring offender
  23. 213. Section 213
  24. 214. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
  25. 215. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
  26. 216. Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
  27. 216A. Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
  28. 216B. Section 216B
  29. 217. Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
  30. 218. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
  31. 219. Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
  32. 220. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
  33. 221. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
  34. 222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
  35. 223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
  36. 224. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
  37. 225. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
  38. 225A. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
  39. 225B. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
  40. 227. Violation of condition of remission of punishment
  41. 228. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
  42. 228A. Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc
  43. 229. Personation of a juror or assessor

Chapter XII — Of Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps

  1. 230. "Coin" defined
  2. 231. Counterfeiting coin
  3. 232. Counterfeiting Indian coin
  4. 233. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
  5. 234. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
  6. 235. Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
  7. 236. Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
  8. 237. Import or export of counterfeit coin
  9. 238. Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin
  10. 239. Delivery of coin possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  11. 240. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  12. 241. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
  13. 242. Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
  14. 243. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
  15. 244. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
  16. 245. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
  17. 246. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
  18. 247. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
  19. 248. Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
  20. 249. Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
  21. 250. Delivery of coin possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  22. 251. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  23. 252. Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
  24. 253. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
  25. 254. Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
  26. 255. Counterfeiting Government stamp
  27. 256. Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
  28. 257. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
  29. 258. Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
  30. 259. Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
  31. 260. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit
  32. 261. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
  33. 262. Using Government stamp known to have been before used
  34. 263. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
  35. 263A. Prohibition of fictitious stamps

Chapter XIII — Of Offences Relating to Weights and Measures

  1. 264. Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
  2. 265. Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
  3. 266. Being in possession of false weight or measure
  4. 267. Making or selling false weight or measure

Chapter XIV — Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency

  1. 268. Public nuisance
  2. 269. Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
  3. 270. Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
  4. 271. Disobedience to quarantine rule
  5. 272. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
  6. 273. Sale of noxious food or drink
  7. 274. Adulteration of drugs
  8. 275. Sale of adulterated drugs
  9. 276. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
  10. 277. Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
  11. 278. Making atmosphere noxious to health
  12. 279. Rash driving or riding on a public way
  13. 280. Rash navigation of vessel
  14. 281. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
  15. 282. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
  16. 283. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
  17. 284. Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
  18. 285. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
  19. 286. Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
  20. 287. Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
  21. 288. Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
  22. 289. Negligent conduct with respect to animal
  23. 290. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
  24. 291. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
  25. 292. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc
  26. 293. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
  27. 294. Obscene acts and songs
  28. 294A. Keeping lottery office

Chapter XV — Of Offences Relating to Religion

  1. 295. Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class
  2. 295A. Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
  3. 296. Disturbing religious assembly
  4. 297. Trespassing on burial places, etc
  5. 298. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings

Chapter XVI — Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

  1. 299. Culpable homicide
  2. 300. Murder
  3. 301. Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
  4. 302. Punishment for murder
  5. 303. Punishment for murder by life-convict
  6. 304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
  7. 304A. Causing death by negligence
  8. 304B. Dowry death
  9. 305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
  10. 306. Abetment of suicide
  11. 307. Attempt to murder
  12. 308. Attempt to commit culpable homicide
  13. 309. Attempt to commit suicide
  14. 310. Thug
  15. 311. Punishment
  16. 312. Causing miscarraige
  17. 313. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent
  18. 314. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
  19. 315. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
  20. 316. Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
  21. 317. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
  22. 318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
  23. 319. Hurt
  24. 320. Grievous hurt
  25. 321. Voluntarily causing hurt
  26. 322. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
  27. 323. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
  28. 324. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
  29. 325. Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
  30. 326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
  31. 327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act
  32. 328. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit and offence
  33. 329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
  34. 330. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
  35. 331. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
  36. 332. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
  37. 333. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
  38. 334. Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
  39. 335. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation
  40. 336. Act endangering life or personal safety of others
  41. 337. Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
  42. 338. Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
  43. 339. Wrongful restraint
  44. 340. Wrongful confinement
  45. 341. Punishment for wrongful restraint
  46. 342. Punishment for wrongful confinement
  47. 343. Wrongful confinement for three or more days
  48. 344. Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
  49. 345. Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
  50. 346. Wrongful confinement in secret
  51. 347. Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
  52. 348. Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
  53. 349. Force
  54. 350. Criminal force
  55. 351. Assault
  56. 352. Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
  57. 353. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
  58. 354. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
  59. 355. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation
  60. 356. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
  61. 357. Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
  62. 358. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
  63. 359. Kidnapping
  64. 360. Kidnapping from India
  65. 361. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
  66. 362. Abduction
  67. 363. Punishment for kidnapping
  68. 363A. Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging
  69. 364. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
  70. 364A. Kidnapping for ransom, etc
  71. 365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
  72. 366. Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
  73. 366A. Procuration of minor girl
  74. 366B. Importation of girl from foreign country
  75. 367. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc
  76. 368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
  77. 369. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
  78. 370. Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
  79. 371. Habitual dealing in slaves
  80. 372. Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
  81. 373. Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
  82. 374. Unlawful compulsory labour
  83. 375. Rape
  84. 376. Punishment for rape
  85. 376A. Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
  86. 376B. Intercourse by public servant with woman in his custody
  87. 376C. Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
  88. 376D. Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
  89. 377. Unnatural offences

Chapter XVII — Of Offences Against Property

  1. 378. Theft
  2. 379. Punishment for theft
  3. 380. Theft in dwelling house, etc
  4. 381. Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
  5. 382. Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft
  6. 383. Extortion
  7. 384. Punishment for extortion
  8. 385. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
  9. 386. Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
  10. 387. Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
  11. 388. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc
  12. 389. Putting person in fear or accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
  13. 390. Robbery
  14. 391. Dacoity
  15. 392. Punishment for robbery
  16. 393. Attempt to commit robbery
  17. 394. Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
  18. 395. Punishment for dacoity
  19. 396. Dacoity with murder
  20. 397. Robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
  21. 398. Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
  22. 399. Making preparation to commit dacoity
  23. 400. Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
  24. 401. Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
  25. 402. Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
  26. 403. Dishonest misappropriation of property
  27. 404. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
  28. 405. Criminal breach of trust
  29. 406. Punishment for criminal breach of trust
  30. 407. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
  31. 408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
  32. 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
  33. 410. Stolen property
  34. 411. Dishonestly receiving stolen property
  35. 412. Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
  36. 413. Habitually dealing in stolen property
  37. 414. Assisting in concealment of stolen property
  38. 415. Cheating
  39. 416. Cheating by personation
  40. 417. Punishment for cheating
  41. 418. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
  42. 419. Punishment for cheating by personation
  43. 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
  44. 421. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
  45. 422. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
  46. 423. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
  47. 424. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
  48. 425. Mischief
  49. 426. Punishment for mischief
  50. 427. Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
  51. 428. Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees
  52. 429. Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
  53. 430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
  54. 431. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
  55. 432. Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage
  56. 433. Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
  57. 434. Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land-mark fixed by public authority
  58. 435. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees
  59. 436. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc
  60. 437. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
  61. 438. Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance
  62. 439. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
  63. 440. Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
  64. 441. Criminal trespass
  65. 442. House-trespass
  66. 443. Lurking house-trespass
  67. 444. Lurking house-trespass by night
  68. 445. House-breaking
  69. 446. House-breaking by night
  70. 447. Punishment for criminal trespass
  71. 448. Punishment for house-trespass
  72. 449. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
  73. 450. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
  74. 451. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
  75. 452. House-trespass alter preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
  76. 453. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
  77. 454. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
  78. 455. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
  79. 456. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
  80. 457. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
  81. 458. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
  82. 459. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house- trespass or house-breaking
  83. 460. All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable where death or grievous hurt caused by one of them
  84. 461. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
  85. 462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody

Chapter XVIII — Of Offences Relating to Documents and to 2****property Marks

  1. 463. Forgery
  2. 464. Making a false document
  3. 465. Punishment for forgery
  4. 466. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
  5. 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
  6. 468. Forgery for purpose of cheating
  7. 469. Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
  8. 470. Forged document
  9. 471. Using as genuine a forged document
  10. 472. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
  11. 473. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
  12. 474. Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it genuine
  13. 475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
  14. 476. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
  15. 477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
  16. 477A. Falsification of accounts
  17. 479. Property mark
  18. 481. Using a false property mark
  19. 482. Punishment for using a false property mark
  20. 483. Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
  21. 484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
  22. 485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
  23. 486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
  24. 487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
  25. 488. Punishment for making use of any such false mark
  26. 489. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
  27. 489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
  28. 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
  29. 489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes
  30. 489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank-notes
  31. 489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

Chapter XIX — Of the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service

  1. 491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person

Chapter XX — Of Offences Relating to Marriage

  1. 493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
  2. 494. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
  3. 495. Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
  4. 496. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
  5. 497. Adultery
  6. 498. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman

Chapter XXA — Of Cruelty by Husband or Relatives of Husband

  1. 498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty

Chapter XXI — Of Defamation

  1. 499. Defamation
  2. 500. Punishment for defamation
  3. 501. Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
  4. 502. Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter

Chapter XXII — Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

  1. 503. Criminal intimidation
  2. 504. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
  3. 505. Statements conducing public mischief
  4. 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
  5. 507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
  6. 508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure
  7. 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
  8. 510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person

Chapter XXIII — Of Attempts to Commit Offences

  1. 511. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment

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