VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 379: Punishment for theft

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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 XVII — Of Offences Against Property

379. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

Now in the new law

BNS section 303(2) — Punishment for theft.

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