VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 126: Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with the Government of India

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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.

Chapter VI — Of Offences Against the State

126. Whoever commits depredation, or makes preparations to commit depredation, on the territories of any Power in alliance or at peace with the [Government of India], shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine and to forfeiture of any property used or intended to be used in committing such depredation, or acquired by such depredation.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.