Indian Penal Code : Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted withcustody.

Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

Section : Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted withcustody.

462. Punishment for same offence when committed by personentrusted with custody.--Whoever, being entrusted with any closedreceptacle which contains or which he believes to contain propertywithout having authority to open the same, dishonestly, or with intentto commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, shall bepunished with imprisonment of either description for a term which mayextend to three years, or with fine, or with both.