INDIAN PENAL CODE

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• Title and extant of operation of the Code
• Section 2. Punishment of offences committed within India
• Section 3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
• 4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
• 5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
• 6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
• 7. Sense of expression once explained
• 8. Gender
• 9. Number
• 10. Man, Woman
• 11. Person
• 12. Public
• 13. Queen
• 14. Servant of Government
• 15. British India
• 16. Government of India
• 17. Government
• 18. India
• Section 19. Judge
• Section 20. Court of Justice
• Section 21. Public Servant
• Section 22. Moveable property
• Section 23. Wrongful gain
• Section 24. Dishonestly
• Section 25. Fraudulently
• Section 26. Reason to believe
• Section 27. Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
• Section 28. Counterfeit
• Section 29. Document
• Section 29A. Electronic record
• Section 30. Valuable security
• Section 31. A will
• Section 32. Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
• Section 33. Act Omission
• Section 34. Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
• Section 35. When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
• Section 36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
• Section 37. Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
• Section 38. Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
• Section 39. Voluntarily
• Section 40. Offence
• Section 41. Special law
• Section 42. Local law
• Section 43. Illegal, Legally bound to do
• Section 44. Injury
• Section 45. Life
• Section 46. Death
• Section 47. Animal
• Section 48. Vessel
• Section 49. Year, Month
• Section 50. Section
• Section 51. Oath
• Section 52. Good faith
• Section 52A. Harbour
• Section 53. Punishment
• Section 53A. Construction of reference to transportation
• Section 54. Commutation of sentence of death
• Section 55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
• Section 55A. Definition of appropriate Government
• Section 56. Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude.
• Section 57. Fractions of terms of punishment
• Section 58. Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported
• Section 59. Transportation instead of imprisonment.
• Section 60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
• Section 61. Sentence of forfeiture of property
• Section 62. Forfeiture of property, in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment
• Section 63. Amount of fine
• Section 64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
• Section 65. Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable
• Section 66. Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
• Section 67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine when offence punishable with fine only
• Section 68. Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine
• Section 69. Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
• Section 70. Fine levied within six years, or during imprisonment- Death not to discharge property from liability
• Section 71. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
• Section 72. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
• Section 73. Solitary confinement
• Section 74. Limit of solitary confinement
• Section 75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction
• Section 76. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
• Section 77. Act of Judge when acting judicially
• Section 78. Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
• Section 79. Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
• Section 80. Accident in doing a lawful act
• Section 81. Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
• Section 82. Act of a child under seven years of age
• Section 83. Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding
• Section 84. Act of a person of unsound mind
• Section 85. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
• Section 86. Offence requiring a particular intent of knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated
• Section 87. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
• Section 88. Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit.
• Section 89. Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian
• Section 90. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
• Section 91. Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
• Section 92. Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
• Section 93. Communication made in good faith
• Section 94. Act to which a person is compelled by threats
• Section 95. Act causing slight harm
• Section 96. Things done in private defence
• Section 97. Right of private defence of the body and of property
• Section 98. Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
• Section 99. Act against which there is no right of private defence
• Section 100. When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
• Section 101. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
• Section 102. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body
• Section 103. When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death
• Section 104. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
• Section 105. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property
• Section 106. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
• Section 107. Abetment of a thing
• Section 108. Abettor
• Section 108A. Abetment in India of offences outside India
• Section 109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
• Section 110. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
• Section 111. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
• Section 112. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
• Section 113. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
• Section 114. Abettor present when offence is committed
• Section 115. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence not committed
• Section 116. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment-if offence be not committed
• Section 117. Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
• Section 118. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
• Section 119. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent
• Section 120. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
• 120A. Definition of criminal conspiracy.
• Section 120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy
• Section 121. Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India
• Section 121A. Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121
• Section 122. Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
• Section 123. Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
• Section 124. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
• Section 124A. Sedition
• Section 125. Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India.
• Section 126. Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with the Government of India
• Section 127. Receiving Property taken by war on depredation mention in Sections 125 and 126
• Section 128. Public servant voluntary allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
• Section 129. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
• Section 130. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
• Section 131. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty
• Section 132. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
• Section 133. Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
• Section 134. Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed
• Section 135. Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
• Section 136. Harbouring deserter
• Section 137. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
• Section 138. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
• Section 138A. Application of foregoing sections to the Indian Marine Service
• Section 139. Persons subject to certain Acts
• Section 140. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
• Section 141. Unlawful assembly
• Section 142. Being member of unlawful assembly
• Section 143. Punishment
• Section 144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
• Section 145. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
• Section 146. Rioting
• Section 147. Punishment for rioting
• Section 148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
• Section 149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
• Section 150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
• Section 151. Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
• Section 152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
• Section 153. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed
• Section 153A. Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
• 153AA. Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organising, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms
• Section 153B. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration
• Section 154. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
• Section 155. Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
• Section 156. Liability of agent of owner of occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
• Section 157. Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
• Section 158. Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
• Section 159. Affray
• Section 160. Punishment for committing affray
• Section 161-165A. Repealed
• Section 166. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
• 1[Section 166A.
• Section 166B.
• Section 167. Public servant farming an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
• Section 168. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
• Section 169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
• Section 170. Personating a public servant
• Section 171. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
• Section 171A. Candidate, Electoral right defined
• Section 171B. Bribery
• Section 171C. Undue influence at elections
• Section 171D. Personation at elections
• Section 171E. Punishment for bribery
• Section 171F. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
• Section 171G. False statement in connection with an election
• Section 171H. Illegal payments in connection with an election
• Section 171I. Failure to keep election accounts
• Section 172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
• Section 173. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
• Section 174. Non-attendance in obedience to an order form public servant
• Section 174A. Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974
• Section 175. Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.
• Section 176. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
• Section 177. Furnishing false information
• Section 178. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
• Section 179. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
• Section 180. Refusing to sign statement
• Section 181. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
• Section 182. False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
• Section 183. Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
• Section 184. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
• Section 185. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
• Section 186. Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
• Section 187. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
• Section 188. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
• Section 189. Threat of injury to public servant
• Section 190. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
• Section 191. Giving false evidence
• Section 192. Fabricating false evidence
• Section 193. Punishment for false evidence
• Section 194. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
• Section 195. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
• Section 195A. Threatening any person to give false evidence
• Section 196. Using evidence known to be false
• Section 197. Issuing or signing false certificate
• Section 198. Using as true a certificate known to be false
• Section 199. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
• Section 200. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
• Section 201. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
• Section 202. Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
• Section 203. Giving false information respecting an offence committed
• Section 204. Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as sevidence
• Section 205. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
• Section 206. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
• Section 207. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
• Section 208. Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
• Section 209. Dishonestly making false claim in Court
• Section 210. Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
• Section 211. False charge of offence made with intent to injure
• Section 212. Harbouring offender
• Section 213. Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
• Section 214. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
• Section 215. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
• Section 216. Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
• Section 216A. Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
• Section 216B. Definition of “harbour” in sections 212, 216 and 216A
• Section 217. Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
• Section 218. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
• Section 219. Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
• Section 220. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
• Section 221. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
• Section 222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
• Section 223. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
• Section 224. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
• Section 225. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
• Section 225A. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
• Section 225B. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
• Section 226. Unlawful return from transportation
• Section 227. Violation of condition of remission of punishment
• Section 228. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
• Section 228A. Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc
• Section 229. Personation of a juror or assessor
• Section 229A. Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court
• Section 230. Coin defined
• Section 231. Counterfeiting coin
• Section 232. Counterfeiting Indian coin
• Section 233. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
• Section 234. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
• Section 235. Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
• Section 236. Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
• Section 237. Import or export of counterfeit coin
• Section 238. Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin
• Section 239. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
• Section 240. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
• Section 241. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
• Section 242. Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
• Section 243. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
• Section 244. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
• Section 245. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
• Section 246. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
• Section 247. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
• Section 248. Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
• Section 249. Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
• Section 250. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
• Section 251. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
• Section 252. Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
• Section 253. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
• Section 254. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
• Section 255. Counterfeiting Government stamp
• Section 256. Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
• Section 257. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
• Section 259. Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
• Section 260. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit
• Section 261. Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
• Section 262. Using Government stamp known to have been before used
• Section 263. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
• Section 263A. Prohibition of fictitious stamps
• Section 264. Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
• Section 265. Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
• Section 266. Being in possession of false weight or measure
• Section 267. Making or selling false weight or measure
• Section 268. Public nuisance
• Section 269. Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
• Section 270. Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
• Section 271. Disobedience to quarantine rule
• 272. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
• Section 273. Sale of noxious food or drink
• Section 274. Adulteration of drugs
• Section 275. Sale of adulterated drugs
• Section 276. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
• Section 277. Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
• Section 278. Making atmosphere noxious to health
• Section 279. Rash driving or riding on a public way
• Section 279. Rash driving or riding on a public way
• Section 280. Rash navigation of vessel
• Section 281. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
• Section 282. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
• Section 283. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
• Section 284. Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
• Section 285. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
• Section 286. Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
• Section 287. Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
• Section 288. Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
• Section 289. Negligent conduct with respect to animal
• Section 290. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
• Section 291. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
• Section 292. Sale, etc., or obscene books, etc
• Section 293. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
• Section 294. Obscene acts and songs
• Section 294A. Keeping lottery office
• Section 295. Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class
• Section 295A. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
• Section 296. Disturbing religious assembly
• Section 297. Trespassing on burial places, etc.
• Section 298. Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person
• Section 299. Culpable homicide
• Section 300. Murder
• Section 301. Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
• Section 302. Punishment for murder
• Section 303. Punishment for murder by life-convict
• Section 304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
• Section 304A. Causing death by negligence
• Section 304B. Dowery death
• Section 305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
• Section 306. Abetment of suicide
• Section 307. Attempt to murder
• Section 308. Attempt to commit culpable homicide
• Section 309. Attempt to commit suicide
• Section 310. Thug
• Section 311. Punishment
• Section 312. Causing miscarriage
• Section 313. Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
• Section 314. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage-
• Section 315. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
• Section 316. Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
• Section 317. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it.
• Section 318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
• Section 319. Hurt.
• Section 320. Grievous hurt.
• Section 321. Voluntarily causing hurt.
• Section 322. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
• Section 323. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
• Section 324. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
• Section 325. Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
• Section 326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
• Section 327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
• Section 328. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence
• Section 329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
• Section 330. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
• Section 331. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
• Section 332. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
• Section 333. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
• Section 334. Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
• Section 335. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation
• Section 336. Act endangering life or personal safety of others
• Section 337. Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
• Section 338. Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
• Section 339. Wrongful restraint
• Section 340. Wrongful confinement.
• Section 341. Punishment for wrongful restraint
• Section 342. Punishment for wrongful Confinement
• Section 343. Wrongful confinement for three or more days
• Section 344. Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
• Section 345. Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
• Section 346. Wrongful confinement in secret
• Section 347. Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
• Section 348. Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
• Section 349. Force
• Section 350. Criminal force
• Section 351. Assault
• Section 352. Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
• Section 353. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
• Section 354. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
• Section 355. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation
• Section 356. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
• Section 357. Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
• Section 358. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
• Section 359. Kidnapping
• Section 360. Kidnapping from India
• Section 361. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
• Section 362. Abduction
• Section 363. Punishment for kidnapping
• Section 363A. Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging
• Section 364. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
• Section 364A. Kidnapping for ransom, etc.
• Section 365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
• Section 366. Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
• Section 366A. Procreation of minor girl
• Section 366B. Importation of girl from foreign country
• Section 367. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.
• Section 368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
• Section 369. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
• Section 370. Substitution of new sections 370 and 370A for section 370.
• Section 371. Habitual dealing in slaves
• Section 372. Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.
• Section 373. Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.
• Section 374. Unlawful compulsory labour
• Section 375. Rape
• Section 376. Punishment for rape
• Section 376A. Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
• Section 376B. Intercourse by public servant with woman is his custody
• Section 376C. Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc.
• Section 376D. Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
• Section 377. Unnatural offences
• Section 378. Theft
• Section 379. Punishment for theft
• Section 380. Theft in dwelling house, etc
• Section 382. Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft
• Section 383. Extortion
• Section 384. Punishment for extortion
• Section 385. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
• Section 386. Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
• Section 387. Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
• Section 388. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc.
• Section 389. Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
• Section 390. Robbery
• Section 391. Dacoity
• Section 392. Punishment for robbery
• Section 393. Attempt to commit robbery
• Section 394. Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
• Section 395. Punishment for dacoity
• Section 396. Dacoity with murder
• Section 397. Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
• Section 398. Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
• Section 399. Making preparation to commit dacoity
• Section 400. Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
• Section 401. Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
• Section 402. Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
• Section 403. Dishonest misappropriation of property
• Section 404. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
• Section 405. Criminal breach of trust
• Section 406. Punishment for criminal breach of trust
• Section 407. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.
• Section 408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
• Section 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
• Section 410. Stolen Property
• Section 411. Dishonestly receiving stolen property
• Section 412. Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
• Section 413. Habitually dealing in stolen property
• Section 414. Assisting in concealment of stolen property
• Section 415. Cheating
• Section 416. Cheating by personation
• Section 417. Punishment for cheating
• Section 418. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
• Section 419. Punishment for cheating by personation
• Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
• Section 421. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
• Section 422. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
• Section 423. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
• Section 424. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
• Section 425. Mischief
• Section 426. Punished for mischief
• Section 427. Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
• Section 428. Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees
• Section 429. Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
• Section 430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
• Section 431. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
• Section 432. Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage
• Section 433. Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
• Section 434. Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority
• Section 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
• Section 436. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.
• Section 437. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
• Section 438. Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance
• Section 439. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
• Section 440. Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
• Section 441. Criminal trespass
• Section 442. House trespass
• Section 443. Lurking house-trespass
• Section 444. Lurking house-trespass by night
• Section 445. Housing breaking
• Section 446. House-breaking by night
• Section 447. Punishment for criminal trespass
• Section 448. Punishment for house-trespass
• Section 449. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
• Section 450. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
• Section 451. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
• Section 452. House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
• Section 453. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
• Section 454. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
• Section 455. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
• Section 456. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
• Section 457. Lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
• Section 458. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
• Section 459. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or house-breaking
• Section 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
• Section 461. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
• Section 462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
• 463. Forgery
• Section 464. Making a false document
• Section 465. Punishment for forgery
• Section 466. Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc.
• Section 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
• Section 468. Forgery for purpose of cheating
• Section 469. Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
• Section 470. Forged document or electronic record
• Section 471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
• Section 472. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
• Section 473. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
• Section 474. Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
• Section 475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
• Section 476. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating docu­ments other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
• Section 477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
• Section 477A. Falsification of accounts
• Section 478. Trade marks
• Section 479. Property mark
• Section 480. Using a false trade mark
• Section 481. Using a false property mark
• Section 482. Punishment for using a false property mark
• Section 483. Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
• Section 484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
• Section 485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
• Section 486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
• Section 487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
• Section 488. Punishment for making use of any such false mark
• Section 489. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
• Section 489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
• Section 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
• Section 489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
• Section 489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forgoing or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
• Section 489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
• Section 490. Breach of contract of service during voyage or journey
• Section 491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
• Section 492. Breach of contract to serve at distant place to which servant is conveyed at master’s expense
• Section 493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
• Section 494. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
• Section 495. Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
• Section 496. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
• Section 497. Adultery
• Section 498. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
• Section 499. Defamation
• Section 500. Punishment for defamation
• Section 501. Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
• Section 502. Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
• Section 503. Criminal intimidation
• Section 504. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
• Section 505. Statements conducing to public mischief
• Section 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
• Section 507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
• Section 508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure
• Section 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
• Section 510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person