Indian Penal Code, 1860

CHAPTER II – GENERAL EXPLANATIONS 6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the Chapter entitled “GeneralKeep Reading

CHAPTER III (53-75) – OF PUNISHMENTS 53. Punishment. The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Code are- First – Death; Secondly – Imprisonment for life; Thirdly [Omitted by Act 17 of 1949] Fourthly – Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely- (1) Rigorous, that is, with hard labour;Keep Reading

CHAPTER IV (76-106) – GENERAL EXCEPTIONS 76. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law. Nothing is an offence, which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of aKeep Reading

CHAPTER V (107-120) – OF ABETMENT 107. Abetment of a thing. A person abets the doing of a thing, who- First – Instigates any person to do that thing; or Secondly – Engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if anKeep Reading

CHAPTER VA (120A-120B) – CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY 120A. Definition of criminal conspiracy. When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done,- (1) an illegal act, or (2) an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated a criminal conspiracy: Provided that noKeep Reading

CHAPTER VI (121-130) – OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE 121. Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India. Whoever, wages war against the Government of India, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punishedKeep Reading

CHAPTER VII (131-140) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE 131. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty. Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force ofKeep Reading

CHAPTER VIII (141-160) – OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY 141. Unlawful assembly. An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly“, if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is- First – To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central orKeep Reading

CHAPTER IX (161-171) – OF OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS 161 To 165A. Rep. by the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988), sec. 31. 166. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person. Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any directionKeep Reading

CHAPTER IXA (171A-171I) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS 171A. “Candidate”, “Electoral right” defined. For the purposes of this Chapter- (a) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election; (b) “electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to standKeep Reading

CHAPTER X (172-190) – OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS 172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding. Whoever absconds in order to avoid being served with a summons, notice or order, proceeding from any public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to issueKeep Reading

CHAPTER XI (191-211) – OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE 191. Giving false evidence. Whoever, being legally bound by an oath or by an express provision of law to state the truth, or being bound by law to make a declaration upon any subject, makes any statement whichKeep Reading

CHAPTER XI (191-211) of IPC – False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice 212. Harbouring offender. Whenever an offence has been committed, whoever harbours or conceals a person whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the offender, with the intention of screening him from legal punishment; ifKeep Reading

CHAPTER XII (230-263A) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS 230. “Coin” defined. Coin is metal used for the time being as money, and stamped and issued by the authority of some State or Sovereign Power in order to be so used. Indian coin. Indian coin is metalKeep Reading

CHAPTER XIII (264-267) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 264. Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing. Whoever fraudulently uses any instrument for weighing which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, orKeep Reading

CHAPTER XIV (268-294A) – OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS 268. Public nuisance. A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or toKeep Reading

CHAPTER XV (295-298) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION 295. Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class. Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insultingKeep Reading

CHAPTER XVI (299-311) – OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY Of Offences affecting Life. 299. Culpable homicide. Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, or with the knowledge thatKeep Reading

Previous, Chapter XVI (299-311) of IPC – Offences Affecting Life Of the Causing of Miscarriage, of Injuries to Unborn Children, of the Exposure of Infants, and of the Concealment of Births. 312. Causing miscarriage. Whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall, if such miscarriage be not causedKeep Reading

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CHAPTER XVII (378-382) – OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY Of Theft  378. Theft. Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any moveable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft. Explanation 1- A thing so longKeep Reading

Previous, Chapter XVII (378-382) of IPC – Offences Against Property Of Extortion 383. Extortion. Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property or valuableKeep Reading

Previous, Chapter XVII (378-382) of IPC – Offences Against Property Chapter XVII (383-389) of IPC – Extortion Of Robbery and Dacoity 390. Robbery. In all robbery there is either theft or extortion. When theft is robbery- Theft is “robbery” if, in order to the committing of the theft, or inKeep Reading

Previous, Chapter XVII (378-382) of IPC – Offences Against Property Chapter XVII (383-389) of IPC – Extortion Chapter XVII (390-402) of IPC – Robbery and Dacoity Of Criminal Misappropriation of Property 403. Dishonest misappropriation of property. Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any movable property, shall beKeep Reading

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CHAPTER XVIII (463-477A) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS 463. Forgery. Whoever makes any false documents or part of a document with intent to cause damage or injury, to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause anyKeep Reading

Of Property and Other Marks 478. Trade marks. Rep. by the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958, sec. 135 and Sch. (w.e.f. 25-11-1959) 479. Property mark. A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark. 480. Using aKeep Reading

CHAPTER XIX (490-492) – OF THE CRIMINAL BREACH OF CONTRACTS OF SERVICE 490. Breach of contract of service during voyage or journey. Rep. by the Workmen’s Breach of Contract (Repealing) Act, 1925 (3 of 1925), sec. 2 and Sch. 491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants ofKeep Reading

CHAPTER XX (493-498) – OF OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE 493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit orKeep Reading

CHAPTER XXA (498A) – OF CRUELTY BY HUSBAND OR RELATIVES OF HUSBAND 498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty. Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for aKeep Reading

CHAPTER XXI (499-502) – OF DEFAMATION 499. Defamation. Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation ofKeep Reading

CHAPTER XXII (503-510) – OF CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT AND ANNOYANCE 503. Criminal intimidation. Whoever threatens another 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 to that person, or toKeep Reading

CHAPTER XXIII (511) – OF ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES 511. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment. Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Code with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, or to cause such an offence to be committed, andKeep Reading