SECTIONS | THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860 | SECTIONS | THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 | |
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1 | Title and extent of operation of the Code. | 1 | Short title, commencement and application. | |
2 |
Punishment of offences committed within India. | 2 | Definitions. | |
3 | Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India. | 3 | General Explanations and expressions. | |
4 | Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences | 4 | Punishments. | |
5 | Certain laws not to be affected by this Act. | 5 | Commutation of sentence of death or imprisonment for life. | |
6 | Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. | 6 | Fractions of terms of punishment. | |
7 | Sense of expression once explained. | 7 | Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. | |
8 | Gender. | 8 | Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. | |
9 | Number. | 9 | Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences. | |
10 | “Man”. “Woman”. | 10 | Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which. | |
11 | “Person”. | 11 | Solitary confinement. | |
12 | “Public”. | 12 | Limit of solitary confinement. | |
13 | [Omitted.]. | 13 | Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction. | |
15 | [Repealed.]. | 14 | Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction. | |
16 | [Repealed.]. | 15 | Act of Judge when acting judicially. | |
17 | “Government”. | 16 | Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court. | |
18 | “India”. | 17 | Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself, justified, by law. | |
19 | “Judge”. | 18 | Accident in doing a lawful act. | |
20 | “Court of Justice”. | 19 | Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm. | |
21 | “Public servant”. | 20 | Act of a child under seven years of age. | |
22 | “Moveable property”. | 21 | Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding. | |
23 | “Wrongful gain”. | 22 | Act of a person of mental illness. | |
“Wrongful loss”. | 23 | Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will. | ||
24 | “Dishonestly”. | 25 | Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent. | |
25 | “Fraudulently”. | 26 | Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit. | |
26 | “Reason to believe”. | 27 | Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person with mental illness, by or by consent of guardian. | |
27 | Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant. | 28 | Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. | |
28 | “Counterfeit”. | 29 | Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused. | |
29 | “Document”. | 30 | Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent. | |
29A | “Electronic record”. | 31 | Communication made in good faith. | |
30 | “Valuable security”. | 32 | Act to which a person compelled by threats. | |
31 | “A will”. | 33 | Act causing slight harm. | |
32 | Words referring to acts include illegal omissions. | 34 | Things done in private defence. | |
33 | “Act”. | 35 | Right of private defence of the body and of property. | |
“Omission”. | 36 | Right of private defence against the act of a person with mental illness, etc. | ||
34 | Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention. | 37 | Acts against which there is no right of private defence. | |
35 | When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention. | 38 | When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death. | |
36 | Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission. | 39 | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. | |
37 | Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence. | 40 | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body. | |
38 | Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences. | 41 | When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death. | |
39 | “Voluntarily”. | 42 | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. | |
40 | “Offence”. | 43 | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property. | |
41 | “Special law”. | 44 | Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person. | |
42 | “Local law”. | 45 | Abetment of a thing. | |
43 | “Illegal”. | 46 | Abettor. | |
44 | “Injury”. | 48 | Abetment outside India for offence in India. | |
45 | “Life”. | 49 | Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment. | |
46 | “Death”. | 50 | Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor. | |
47 | “Animal”. | 51 | Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done. | |
48 | “Vessel”. | 52 | Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done. | |
49 | “Year”. | 53 | Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor. | |
50 | “Section”. | 55 | Abettor present when offence is committed. | |
51 | “Oath”. | 56 | Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment. | |
52 | “Goodfaith”. | 57 | Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons. | |
52A | “Harbour-“. | 58 | Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. | |
53 | Punishments. | 59 | Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent. | |
53A | Construction of reference to transportation. | 60 | Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. | |
54 | Commutation of sentence of death. | 61 | Criminal conspiracy. | |
55 | Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life. 55A. Definition of "appropriate Government". | 62 | Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment. | |
56 | [Repealed.]. | 63 | Rape | |
57 | Fractions of terms of punishment. | 64 | Punishment for rape. | |
58 | [Repealed.]. | 65 | Punishment for rape in certain cases. | |
59 | [Repealed.]. | 66 | Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim. | |
60 | Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous of simple. | 67 | Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation or by a person in authority. | |
61 | [Repealed.]. | 68 | Sexual intercourse by a person in authority. | |
62 | [Repealed.]. | 69 | Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc. | |
63 | Amount of fine. | 70 | Gang rape. | |
64 | Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. | 71 | Punishment for repeat offenders. | |
65 | Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable. | 72 | Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc. | |
66 | Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. | 73 | Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. | |
67 | Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only. | 74 | Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment. | |
68 | Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine. | 75 | Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe. | |
69 | Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine. | 76 | Voyeurism. | |
70 | Fine leviable within six years, of during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability. | 77 | Stalking. | |
71 | Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences. | 78 | Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman. | |
72 | Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that is doubtful of which. | 79 | Dowry death. | |
73 | Solitary confinement. | 80 | Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. | |
74 | Limit of solitary confinement. | 81 | Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife. | |
75 | Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction. | 82 | Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage. | |
76 | Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law. | 83 | Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman. | |
77 | Act of Judge when acting judicially. | 84 | Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty. | |
78 | Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court. | 85 | Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. | |
79 | Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law. | 86 | Causing miscarriage. | |
80 | Accident in doing a lawful act. | 87 | Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent. | |
81 | Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm. | 88 | Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage. | |
82 | Act of a child under seven years of age. | 89 | Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth. | |
83 | Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding. | 90 | Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide. | |
84 | Act of a person of unsound mind. | 91 | Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it. | |
85 | Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will. | 92 | Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. | |
86 | Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated. | 93 | Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence. | |
87 | Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent. | 94 | Procuration of child. | |
88 | Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit. | 95 | Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person. | |
89 | Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian. Provisos. | 96 | Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc. | |
90 | Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. | 97 | Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc. | |
Consent of child. | 98 | Culpable homicide. | ||
91 | Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused. | 99 | Murder | |
92 | Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent. Provisos. | 100 | Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended. | |
93 | Communication made in good faith. | 101 | Punishment for murder. | |
94 | Act to which a person is compelled by threats. | 102 | Punishment for murder by life-convict. | |
95 | Act causing slight harm. | 103 | Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. | |
96 | Things done in private defence. | 104 | Causing death by negligence. | |
97 | Right of private defence of the body and of property. | 105 | Abetment of suicide of child or person with mental illness. | |
98 | Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind. etc. | 106 | Abetment of suicide. | |
99 | Acts against which there is no right of private defence. Extent to which the right may be exercised. | 107 | Attempt to murder. | |
100 | When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death. | 108 | Attempt to commit culpable homicide. | |
103 | When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death. | 109 | Organised crime. | |
104 | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. | 110 | Petty organised crime or organised in general. | |
105 | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property. | 111 | Offence of terrorist act. | |
106 | Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person. | 112 | Hurt. | |
107 | Abetment of a thing. | 113 | Voluntarily causing hurt. | |
108 | Abettor. | 114 | Grievous hurt. | |
108A | Abetment in Indian of offences outside India. | 115 | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt. | |
109 | Punishment of a abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and when no express provision is made for its punishment. | 116 | Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. | |
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. | 117 | Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act. | |
112 | Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done . | 118 | Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property. | |
113 | Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor. 114.Abettor present when offence is committed. | 119 | Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty. | |
115 | Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.—if offence not committed. | 120 | Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation. | |
If act causing harm be done in consequence. | 121 | Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence. | ||
116 | Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment.—if offence be not committed. | 122 | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc. | |
117 | Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons. | 123 | Act endangering life or personal safety of others. | |
118 | Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. | 124 | Wrongful restraint. | |
If offence be committed; | 125 | Wrongful confinement. | ||
if offence be not committed. | 126 | Force. | ||
119 | Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent. if offence be committed; | 127 | Criminal force. | |
if offence be punishable with death, etc. | 128 | Assault. | ||
120 | Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. | 129 | Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation. | |
if offence be committed; | 130 | Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty. | ||
if offence be not committed. | ||||
120A | Definition of criminal conspiracy. | 131 | Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation. | |
120B | Punishment of criminal conspiracy. | 132 | Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person. | |
121 | Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India. | 133 | Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person. | |
121A | Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121. | 134 | Assault or criminal force on grave provocation. | |
122 | Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India. | 135 | Kidnapping | |
123 | Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war. | 136 | Abduction | |
124 | Assaulting President. Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power. 124A. Sedition. | 137 | Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging. | |
125 | Waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India. | 138 | Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom etc. | |
126 | Committing depredation on territories of power at peace with the Government of India. | 139 | Importation of girl or boy from foreign country. | |
127 | Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126. | 140 | Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person. | |
128 | Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape. | 141 | Trafficking of person. | |
129 | Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape. | 142 | Exploitation of a trafficked person. | |
130 | Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner. | 143 | Habitual dealing in slaves. | |
131 | Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty. | 144 | Unlawful compulsory labour. | |
132 | Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof. | 145 | Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India. | |
133 | Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office. | 146 | Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 145. | |
134 | Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed. | 147 | Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India. | |
135 | Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman. | 148 | Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war. | |
136 | Harbouring deserter. | 149 | Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power. | |
137 | Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master. | 150 | Acts endangering sovereignty unity and integrity of India. | |
138 | Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman. 138A. [Repealed.]. | 151 | Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with the Government of India. | |
139 | Persons subject to certain Acts. | 152 | Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with the Government of India. | |
140 | Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman. | 153 | Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154. | |
141 | Unlawful assembly. | 154 | Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of state or war to escape. | |
142 | Being member of unlawful assembly. | 155 | Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape. | |
143 | Punishment | 156 | Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner. | |
144 | Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon. | 157 | Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty. | |
145 | Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse. | 158 | Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof. | |
146 | Rioting. | 159 | Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office. | |
147 | Punishment for rioting. | 160 | Abetment of such assault, if the assault committed. | |
148 | Rioting, armed with deadly weapon. | 161 | Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman. | |
149 | Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object. | 162 | Harbouring deserter. | |
150 | Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly. | 163 | Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master. | |
151 | Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse. | 164 | Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman. | |
152 | Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc. | 165 | Persons subject to certain Acts. | |
153 | Wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot— | 166 | Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman. | |
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. | 167 | Candidate, electoral right defined. | |
Offence committed in place of worship, etc. | 168 | Bribery. | ||
153AA | Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organizing, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms. | 169 | Undue influence at elections. | |
153B | Imputation, assertions prejudicial to national-integration. | 170 | Personation at elections. | |
154 | Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held. | 171 | Punishment for bribery. | |
155 | Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed. | 172 | Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election. | |
156 | Liablility of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed. | 173 | False statement in connection with an election. | |
157 | Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly. | 174 | Illegal payments in connection with an election. | |
158 | Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot; or to go armed. | 175 | Failure to keep election accounts. | |
159 | Affray. | 176 | Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes. | |
160 | Punishment for committing affray. | 177 | Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank notes. | |
161 | [Repealed.]. | 178 | Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes. | |
162 | [Repealed.]. | 179 | Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency notes or bank-notes. | |
163 | [Repealed.]. | 180 | Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes. | |
164 | [Repealed.]. | 181 | Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government. | |
165 | [Repealed.]. | 182 | Using Government stamp known to have been before used. | |
166 | Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person. | 183 | Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used. | |
166B | Punishment for non-treatment of victim. | 184 | Prohibition of fictitious stamps. | |
167 | Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. | 185 | Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law. | |
168 | Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade. | 186 | Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint. | |
169 | Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property. | 187 | Unlawful assembly. | |
170 | Personating a public servant. | 188 | Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object. | |
171 | Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent. | 189 | Rioting. | |
171A | “Candidate”, “Electoral right” defined. | 190 | Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot- if rioting be committed; if not committed. | |
171B | Bribery | 191 | Liability of owner, occupier etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place. | |
171C | Undue influence at elections. | 192 | Affray. | |
171E | Punishment for bribery. | 193 | Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc. | |
171F | Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election. | 194 | Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony. | |
171H | Illegal payments in connection with an election. | 195 | Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration. | |
171I | Failure to keep election accounts. | 196 | Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person. | |
172 | Absconding to avoid service of summons of other proceeding. | 197 | Public servant disobeying direction under law. | |
173 | Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof. | 198 | Punishment for non-treatment of victim. | |
174 | Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant. | 199 | Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. | |
174A | Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974. | 200 | Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade. | |
175 | Omission to produce document 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 i t. | |||
177 | Furnishing false information. | |||
178 | Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it. | |||
179 | Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question. | |||
180 | Refusing to sign statement. | |||
181 | False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised 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 servant. | |||
186 | Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions. | |||
187 | Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance. | |||
188 | Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant. | |||
189 | Threat of injury to public servant. | |||
190 | Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant. | |||
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. if innocent person be thereby convicted and executed. | |||
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. |
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