List of sections of Indian Penal Code

Indian Penal Code, 1861, sub-divided into twenty three chapters, comprises five hundred and eleven sections. The code starts with an introduction, provides explanations and exceptions used in the code, and covers a wide range of offences.

Chapter I

Introduction

1 - Title and extent of operated of the Code

2 - Punishment of offences committed within India

3 - Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within India

4 - Extension of Code to extraterritorial offences.

Chapter II

General Explanation

6 - definition in the codes to be understood subject to exceptions 7 - Sense of expression once explained 8 - Gender 9 - Number 10- Man, Woman 11 - Person 12 - Public 13 - Repealed 14 - Servant of Government 15 - Repealed 16 - Repealed 17 - Government 18 - India 19 - Judge 20 - Court of Justice 21 - Public Servant 22 - Movable Property 23 - Wrongful gain, Wrongful loss 24 - Dishonestly 25 - Fraudulently 26 - Reason to believe 27 - Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant 28 - Counterfeit 29 - Document 29A - Electronic record

30 - Valuable security 31 - A Will 32 - Words referring to acts include illegal omissions 33 - Act Omission 34 - Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention 35 - When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention 36 - Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission 37 - Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence 38 - Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences 39 - Voluntarily 40 - Offence 41 - Special law 42 - Local law 43 - Illegal, Legally bound to do 44 - Injury 45 - Life 46 - Death 47 - Animal 48 - Vessel 49 - Year, Month 50 - Section 51 - Oath 52 - Good faith, 52A - Harbour

Chapter III

Punishments

53 - Punishment, 53A - Construction of reference to transportation 54 - Commutation of sentence of death 55 - Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life, 55A - Definition of appropriate Government 56 - Omitted 57 - Fractions of terms of punishment 58 - Omitted 59 - Omitted 60 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple 61 - Repealed 62 - Repealed 63 - Amount of fine 64 - Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

65 - Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable 66 - Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine 67 - Imprisonment for non-payment of fine when offence punishable with fine only 68 - Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine 69 - Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine 70 - Fine levied within six years, during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability 71 - Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences 72 - Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which 73 - Solitary confinement 74 - Limit of solitary confinement 75 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction

Chapter IV

General Exceptions

76 - Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law 77 - Act of Judge when acting judicially 78 - Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court 79 - Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law 80 - Accident in doing a lawful act 81 - Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm 82 - Act of a child under seven years of age 83 - Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding 84 - Act of a person of unsound mind 85 - Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will 86 - Offence requiring a particular intent of knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated 87 - Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent 88 - Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit 89 - Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian 90 - Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. Consent of Insane person. Consent of child 91 - Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused

92 - Act done in faith for benefit of a person without consent 93 - Communication made in good faith 94 - Act to which a person is compelled by threats 95 - Act causing slight harm 96 - Things done in private defence 97 - Right of private defence of the body and of property 98 - Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc. 99 - Acts against which there is no right of private defence 100 - When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death 101 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death 102 - Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body 103 - When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death 104 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death 105 - Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property 106 - Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person

Chapter V

Abetment (107 ~ 120)

107 - Abetment of a thing

108 - Abettor

108A - Abetment in India offense outside India

109 - Punishment of abetment is same as crime has been done

110 - Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor

111 - Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done

112 - Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for the act done

113 - Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by abet

114 - Abettor present when offence is committed

115 - Abetment of offence punishable with death or life-imprisonment for life - if offence not committed

116 - Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment - if offence not committed

Chapter V A

Criminal Conspiracy

120A - Definition of criminal conspiracy

120B - Punishment of criminal conspiracy

Chapter VI

Offences against the State

121 - Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India, 121A - Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121

122 - Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India

123 - Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war

124 - Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power, 124A - Sedition

125 - Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India

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

127 - Receiving Property taken by war on depredation mention in Sections 125 and 126

128 - Public servant voluntary allowing prisoner of State or war to escape

129 - Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape

130 - Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner

Chapter VII

Offences relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force

131 - Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty

132 - Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof

133 - Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office

134 - Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed

135 - Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman

136 - Harbouring deserter

137 - Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master

138 - Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman, 138A Repealed

139 - Persons subject to certain Acts

140 - Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Chapter VIII

Offences against the Public Tranquillity

141 - Unlawful assembly

142 - Being member of unlawful assembly^[1]

143 - Punishment for unlawful assembly

144 - Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon

145 - Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse

146 - Rioting

147 - Punishment for rioting

148 - Rioting, armed with deadly weapon

149 - Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object

150 - Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly

151 - Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse

152 - Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

153 - Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed, 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, 153B - Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration

154 - Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held

155 - Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed

156 - Liability of agent of owner of occupier for whose benefit riot is committed

157 - Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly

158 - Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot

159 - Affray

160 - Punishment for committing affray

Chapter IX

Chapter IX deals with : Of Offences By Or Relating To Public Servants

Chapter IX Sections from 161 to 171 ; ( Of Offences By Or Relating To Public Servants )

161 [To 165A. repealed by the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988)]

166 Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person

167 Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury

168 Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade

169 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property

170 Personating a public servant

171 Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent

Chapter IX A

Offences Relating to Elections

171A - Candidate, Electoral Right: Defined

171B - Bribery

171C - Undue Influence at elections

171D - Personation at elections

171E - Punishment for bribery

171F - Punishment for Undue influence or personation at an election

171G - False statements in connection with an election

171H - Illegal payments in connection with an election

171I - Failure to keep election accounts

Chapter X

Contempts of Lawful Authority of Public Servants

172 - Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding

173 - Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof

174 - Non-attendance in obedience to an order form public servant, 174A - Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974

175 - Omission to produce to document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it -

176 - Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it

177 - Furnishing false information

178 - Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it

179 - Refusing to answer public servant authorized to question

180 - Refusing to sign statement

181 - False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation

182 - False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person

183 - Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant

184 - Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant

185 - Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servan

186 - Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions

187 - Omission to assist public servant when bt

189 - Threat of injury to public servant

190 - Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Chapter XI

False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice

191 - Giving false evidence 192 - Fabricating false evidence 193 - Punishment for false evidence 194 - Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence 195 - Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, 195A - Threatening any person to give false evidence 196 - Using evidence known to be false 197 - Issuing or signing false certificate 198 - Using as true a certificate known to be false 199 - False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence 200 - Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false 201 - Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender 202 - Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform 203 - Giving false information respecting an offence committed 204 - Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence 205 - False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution 206 - Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution 207 - Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution 208 - Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due 209 - Dishonestly making false claim in Court 210 - Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due

211 - False charge of offence made with intent to injure 212 - Harbouring offender 213 - Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment 214 - Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender 215 - Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc. 216 - Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered, 216A - Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits, 216B - Repealed 217 - Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture 218 - Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture 219 - Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law 220 - Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law 221 - Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend 222 - Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed 223 - Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant 224 - Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension 225 - Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person' 225A - Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape on part of public servant in cases not otherwise, provided for, 225B - Resistant or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for 226 - Omitted 227 - Violation of condition of remission of punishment 228 - Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding, 228A - Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc. 229 - Personation of a juror or assessor, 229A - Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court

Chapter XII

Offences relating to coin and Government Stamps

230 - Coin defined 231 - Counterfeiting notes 232 - Counterfeiting Indian coin 233 - Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin 234 - Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin 235 - Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin 236 - Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin 237 - Import or export of counterfeit coin 238 - Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin 239 - Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit 240 - Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit 241 - Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit 242 - Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possess thereof 243 - Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof 244 - Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law 245 - Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint 246 - Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin 247 - Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin

248 - Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description 249 - Altering appearance of India coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description 250 - Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered 251 - Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered 252 - Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof 253 - Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof 254 - Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possess, the deliverer did not know to be altered 255 - Counterfeiting Government stamp 256 - Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp 257 - Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp 258 - Sale of counterfeit Government stamp 259 - Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp 260 - Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit 261 - Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government 262 - Using Government stamp known to have been before used 263 - Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used, 263A - Prohibition of fictitious stamps 264 - Modifying the stamp picture

Chapter XIII

Offences relating to Weight and Measures

264 - Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing

265 - Fraudulent use of false weight or measure

266 - Being in possession of false weight or measure

267 - Making or selling false weight or measure

Chapter XIV

Offences affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals.

268 - Public nuisance 269 - Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life 270 - Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life 271 - Disobedience to quarantine rule 272 - Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale 273 - Sale of noxious food or drink 274 - Adulteration of drugs 275 - Sale of adulterated drugs 276 - Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation 277 - Fouling water of public spring or reservoir 278 - Making atmosphere noxious to health 279 - Rash driving or riding on a public way 280 - Rash navigation of vessel 281 - Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy

282 - Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel 283 - Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation 284 - Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance 285 - Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter 286 - Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance 287 - Negligent conduct with respect to machinery 288 - Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings 289 - Negligent conduct with respect to animal 290 - Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for 291 - Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue 292 - Sale, etc., or obscene books, etc. 293 - Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person 294 - Obscene acts and songs, 294A - Keeping lottery office

Chapter XV

Offences relating to Religion

295 - Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class, 295A - Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs

296 Disturbing religious assembly

297 - Trespassing on burial places, etc.

298 - Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person

Chapter XVI

Offences affecting the Human Body

299 - Culpable homicide 300 - Murder 301 - Culpable homicde by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended 302 - Punishment for murder 303 - Punishment for murder by life convict 304 - Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, 304A - Causing death by negligence, 304B - Dowery death 305 - Abetment of suicide of child or insane person 306 - Abetment of suicide 307 - Attempt to murder 308 - Attempt to commit culpable homicide 309 - Not Applicable as per latest hearing 310 - Thug 311 - Punishment 312 - Causing miscarriage 313 - Causing miscarriage without woman's consent 314 - Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage 315 - Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth 316 - Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide 317 - Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it 318 - Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body 319 - Hurt 320 - Grievous hurt 321 - Voluntarily causing hurt 322 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt 323 - Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt 324 - Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means 325 - Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt 326 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means 326A - Voluntarily causing hurt by use of acid,etc. 326B - Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid 327 - Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act 328 - Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. with intent to commit an offence 329 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act 330 - Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property 331 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property 332 - Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty 333 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty 334 - Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation 335 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation 336 - Act endangering life or personal safety of others 337 - Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others 338 - Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others

339 - Wrongful restraint 340 - Wrongful confinement 341 - Punishment for wrongful restraint 342 - Punishment for wrongful confinement 343 - Wrongful confinement for three or more days 344 - Wrongful confinement for ten or more days 345 - Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued 346 - Wrongful confinement in secret 347 - Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act 348 - Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property 349 - Force 350 - Criminal force 351 - Assault 352 - Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation 353 - Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 354 - Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, 354A - Sexual Harassment and punishment for sexual harassment, 354B - Assault or use of Criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe, 354C - Voyeurism, 354D - Stalking 355 - Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation 356 - Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person 357 - Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person 358 - Assault or criminal force on grave provocation 359 - Kidnapping 360 - Kidnapping from India 361 - Kidnapping from lawful guardianship 362 - Abduction 363 - Punishment for kidnapping, 363A - Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging 364 - Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder, 364A - Kidnapping for ransom, etc. 365 - Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person 366 - Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc., 366A - Procuration of minor girl, 366B - Importation of girl from foreign country 367 - Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc. 368 - Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person 369 - Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person 370 - Buying or disposing of any person as slave, 370A - Exploitation of a trafficked person 371 - Habitual dealing in slave 372 - Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. 373 - Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. 374 - Unlawful compulsory labour 375 - Rape 376 - Punishment for rape, 376A - Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim, 376B - Sexual Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation, 376C - Sexual Intercourse by a person in authority, 376D - Gang Rape, Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital, 376E - Punishment for repeat offenders 377 - Unnatural offences

Chapter XVII

Offences against property..

378 - Theft 379 - Punishment for theft.-- 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. 380 - Theft in dwelling house, etc. 381 - Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master 382 - Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft 383 - Extortion 384 - Punishment for extortion 385 - Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion 386 - Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt 387 - Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion 388 - Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc. 389 - Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion 390 - Robbery 391 - Dacoity 392 - Punishment for robbery 393 - Attempt to commit robbery 394 - Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery 395 - Punishment for Dacoity 396 - Dacoity with murder 397 - Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt 398 - Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon 399 - Making preparation to commit dacoity 400 - Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits 401 - Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves 402 - Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity 403 - Dishonest misappropriation of property 404 - Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death 405 - Criminal breach of trust 406 - Punishment for criminal breach of trust 407 - Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc. 408 - Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant 409 - Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent 410 - Stolen Property 411 - Dishonestly receiving stolen property 412 - Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity 413 - Habitually dealing in stolen property 414 - Assisting in concealment of stolen property 415 - Cheating 416 - Cheating by personation 417 - Punishment for cheating 418 - Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect 419 - Punishment for cheating by personation 420 - Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

421 - Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors 422 - Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors 423 - Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration 424 - Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property 425 - Mischief 426 - Punished for mischief 427 - Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees 428 - Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees 429 - Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees 430 - Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water 431 - Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel 432 - Mischief by causing inundation or 433 - Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark 434 - Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority 435 - Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees 436 - Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc. 437 - Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden 438 - Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance 439 - Punishment for intentionally running vessel agground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc. 440 - Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt 441 - Criminal trespass 442 - House trespass 443 - Lurking house-trespass 444 - Lurking house-trespass by night 445 - Housing breaking 446 - House-breaking by night 447 - Punishment for criminal trespass 448 - Punishment for house-trespass 449 - House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death 450 - House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life 451 - House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment 452 - House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint 453 - Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking 454 - Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment 455 - Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint 456 - Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night 457 - Lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment 458 - Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint 459 - Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or house-breaking 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 461 - Dishonestly breaking open receptacle contain 462 - Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody

Chapter XVIII

Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks

463 - Forgery 464 - Making a false document 465 - Punishment for forgery 466 - Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc. 467 - Forgery of valuable security, will, etc. 468 - Forgery for purpose of cheating 469 - Forgery for purpose of harming reputation 470 - Forged document or electronic record 471 - Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record 472 - Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467 473 - Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise 474 - Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine 475 - Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material 476 - Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents or electronic record other than those described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material

477 - Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security, 477A - Falsification of accounts 478 - Omitted 479 - Property mark 480 - Omitted 481 - Using a false property mark 482 - Punishment for using a false property mark 483 - Counterfeiting a property mark used by another 484 - Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant 485 - Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark 486 - Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark 487 - Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods 488 - Punishment for making use of any such false mark 489 - Tempering with property mark with intent to cause injury, 489A - Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes, 489B - Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, 489C - Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, 489D - Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes, 489E - Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

Chapter XIX

the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service

490 - Repealed

491 - Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person

492 - Repealed

Chapter XX

Offences Relating to Marriage

493 - Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage

494 - Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife

495 - Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted

496 - Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage

497 - Adultery

498 - Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman

Chapter XX-A

Cruelty by Husband

498A - Husband of a woman subjecting her to

cruelty

Chapter XXI

Defamation

499 - Defamation

500 - Punishment for defamation

501 - Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory

502 - Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter

Chapter XXII

Criminal intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

503 - Criminal intimidation

504 - Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace

505 - Statements conducing to public mischief

506 - Punishment for criminal intimidation

507 - Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication

508 - Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure

509 - Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman

510 - Misconduct in public by a drunken person

Chapter XXIII

Attempts to Commit Offences

511 - Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other implementations.

References

1. 143

• THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
• INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860- With Amendments