Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section - 1 - Title and extent 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

Section - 4 - Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences

Section - 5 - Certain laws not to be affected by this Act

Section - 6 - Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions

Section - 7 - Sense of expression once explained

Section - 8 - Gender

Section - 9 - Number

Section - 10 - "Man"/"Woman"

Section - 11 - "Person"

Section - 12 - "Public"

Section - 13 - Definition of "Queen"

Section - 14 - "Servant of Government"

Section - 15 - Definition of "British India"

Section - 16 - Definition of "Government of India"

Section - 17 - "Government"

Section - 18 - "India"

Section - 19 - "Judge"

Section - 20 - "Court of Justice"

Section - 21 - "Public servant"

Section - 22 - "Movable property"

Section - 23 - "Wrongful gain"/"Wrongful loss"

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 - Punishments

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/Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life

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 leviable 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 or 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 - Acts 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 a 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 a 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

Section - 116 - Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment

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

Section - 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 or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126

Section - 128 - Public servant voluntarily 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 - Person 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

Section - 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 or 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 - Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act

Section - 162 - Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant

Section - 163 - Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant

Section - 164 - Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 162 or 163

Section - 165 - Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration, from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant

Section - 165A - Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 161 or section 165

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

Section - 166A - Public servant disobeying direction under law

Section - 166B - Punishment for non-treatment of victim

Section - 167 - Public servant framing 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 - 171-I - 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 from 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 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 - 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 or inducing 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 to prevent its production as evidence

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 Indian 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 - 258 - Sale of counterfeit Government stamp

Section - 259 - Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp

Section - 260 - Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be 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

Section - 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 - 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., of 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 of 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 religious feelings

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 - Dowry 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 - 326A - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc

Section - 326B - Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid

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 pro-perty

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 - 354A - Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment

Section - 354B - Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe

Section - 354C - Voyeurism

Section - 354D - Stalking

Section - 354E - Sextortion

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 - Procuration 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 - Trafficking of person

Section - 370A - Exploitation of a trafficked person

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 - Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim

Section - 376AB - Punishment for rape on woman under twelve years of age

Section - 376B - Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation

Section - 376C - Sexual intercourse by a person in authority

Section - 376D - Gang rape

Section - 376DA - Punishment for gang rape on woman under sixteen years of age

Section - 376DB - Punishment for gang rape on woman under twelve years of age

Section - 376E - Punishment for repeat offenders

Section - 377 - Unnatural offences

Section - 378 - Theft

Section - 379 - Punishment for theft

Section - 380 - Theft in dwelling house, etc

Section - 381 - Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master

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 - Punishment 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 - House-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

Section - 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

Section - 471 - Using as genuine a forged document

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 cunterfeit marked material

Section - 477 - Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security

Section - 477A - Falsification of accounts

Section - 478 - Trade mark

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 forging 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 - 498A - Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty

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

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

Section - 187 - Omission to assist public servant when bound by

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