Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

341. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338. (1) Whoever makes or counterfeits any seal, plate or other instrument for making an impression, intending that the same shall be used for the purpose of committing any forgery which would be punishable underRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

342. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material. (1) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described in section 338, intending that such device orRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

343. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or attempts to secrete anyRead…

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344. Falsification of accounts. Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk, officer or servant, wilfully, and with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any book, electronic record, paper, writing, valuable security or account which belongs to or isRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

Of property marks 345. Property mark. (1) A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark. (2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, packageRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

346. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury. Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extendRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

347. Counterfeiting a property mark. (1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant,Read…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

348. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark. Whoever makes or has in his possession any die, plate or other instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a property mark, or has in his possession a property mark for the purpose of denoting that any goods belongRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

349. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark. Whoever sells, or exposes, or has in possession for sale, any goods or things with a counterfeit property mark affixed to or impressed upon the same or to or upon any case, package or other receptacle in which such goods areRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

350. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods. (1) Whoever makes any false mark upon any case, package or other receptacle containing goods, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause any public servant or any other person to believe that such receptacle contains goods which it does notRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

CHAPTER XIX – OF CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT, ANNOYANCE, DEFAMATION, ETC. 351. Criminal intimidation. (1) Whoever threatens another by any means, with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm toRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace. Whoever intentionally insults in any manner, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punishedRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

353. Statements conducing to public mischief. (1) Whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, false information, rumour, or report, including through electronic means: (a) with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, any officer, soldier, sailor or airman in the Army, Navy or Air Force of India toRead…

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354. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure. Whoever voluntarily causes or attempts to cause any person to do anything which that person is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do anything which he is legally entitledRead…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

355. Misconduct in public by a drunken person. Whoever, in a state of intoxication, appears in any public place, or in any place which it is a trespass in him to enter, and there conducts himself in such a manner as to cause annoyance to any person, shall be punishedRead…

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Of defamation 356. Defamation. (1) Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes in any manner, any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputationRead…