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Select a section 1 - Short title, commencement and application 2 - Definitions 3 - General explanations 4 - Punishments 5 - Commutation of sentence 6 - Fractions of terms of punishment 7 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple 8 - Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc 9 - Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences 10 - Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which 11 - Solitary confinement 12 - Limit of solitary confinement 13 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction 14 - Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law 15 - Act of Judge when acting judiciall 16 - Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court 17 - Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law 18 - Accident in doing a lawful act 19 - Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm 20 - Act of a child under seven years of age 21 - Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding 22 - Act of a person of unsound mind 23 - Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will 24 - Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated 25 - Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent 26 - Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit 27 - Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian 28 - Consent known to be given under fear or misconception 29 - Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused 30 - Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent 31 - Communication made in good faith 32 - Act to which a person is compelled by threats 33 - Act causing slight harm 34 - Things done in private defence 35 - Right of private defence of body and of property 36 - Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc 37 - Acts against which there is no right of private defence 38 - When right of private defence of body extends to causing death 39 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death 40 - Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body 41 - When right of private defence of property extends to causing death 42 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death 43 - Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property 44 - Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person 45 - Abetment of a thing 46 - Abettor 47 - Abetment in India of offences outside India 48 - Abetment outside India for offence in India 49 - Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment 50 - Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor 51 - Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done 52 - Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done 53 - Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor 54 - Abettor present when offence is committed 55 - Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life 56 - Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment 57 - Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons 58 - Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life 59 - Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent 60 - Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment 61 - Criminal conspiracy 62 - Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment 63 - Rape 64 - Punishment for rape 65 - Punishment for rape in certain cases 66 - Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim 67 - Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation 68 - Sexual intercourse by a person in authority 69 - Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc 70 - Gang rape 71 - Punishment for repeat offenders 72 - Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc 73 - Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission 74 - Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty 75 - Sexual harassment 76 - Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe 77 - Voyeurism 78 - Stalking 79 - Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman 80 - Dowry death 81 - Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage 82 - Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife 83 - Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage 84 - Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman 85 - Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty 86 - Cruelty defined 87 - Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc 88 - Causing miscarriage 89 - Causing miscarriage without woman's consent 90 - Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage 91 - Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth 92 - Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide 93 - Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it 94 - Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body 95 - Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence 96 - Procuration of child 97 - Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person 98 - Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc 99 - Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc 100 - Culpable homicide 101 - Murder 102 - Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended 103 - Punishment for murder 104 - Punishment for murder by life-convict 105 - Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder 106 - Causing death by negligence 107 - Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind 108 - Abetment of suicide 109 - Attempt to murder 110 - Attempt to commit culpable homicide 111 - Organised crime 112 - Petty Organized crime 113 - Terrorist act 114 - Hurt 115 - Voluntarily causing hurt 116 - Grievous hurt 117 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt 118 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means 119 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act 120 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property 121 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty 122 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation 123 - Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence 124 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc 125 - Act Endangering life or personal safety of others 126 - Wrongful restraint 127 - Wrongful confinement 128 - Force 129 - Criminal force 130 - Assault 131 - Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation 132 - Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 133 - Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation 134 - Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person 135 - Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person 136 - Assault or criminal force on grave provocation 137 - Kidnapping 138 - Abduction 139 - Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging 140 - Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc 141 - Importation of girl or boy from foreign country 142 - Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person 143 - Trafficking of person 144 - Exploitation of a trafficked person 145 - Habitual dealing in slaves 146 - Unlawful compulsory labour 147 - Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India 148 - Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147 149 - Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India 150 - Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war 151 - Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power 152 - Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India 153 - Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India 154 - Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India 155 - Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154 156 - Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape 157 - Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape 158 - Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner 159 - Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty 160 - Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof 161 - Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office 162 - Abetment of such assault, if assault committed 163 - Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman 164 - Harbouring deserter 165 - Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master 166 - Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman 167 - Persons subject to certain Acts 168 - Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman 169 - Candidate, electoral right defined 170 - Bribery 171 - Undue influence at elections 172 - Personation at elections 173 - Punishment for bribery 174 - Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election 175 - False statement in connection with an election 176 - Illegal payments in connection with an election 177 - Failure to keep election accounts 178 - Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes 179 - Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes 180 - Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes 181 - Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes 182 - Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes 183 - Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government 184 - Using Government stamp known to have been before used 185 - Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used 186 - Prohibition of Fictitious stamps 187 - Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law 188 - Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint 189 - Unlawful assembly 190 - Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object 191 - Rioting 192 - Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed 193 - Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place 194 - Affray 195 - Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc 196 - Promoting Enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony 197 - Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration 198 - Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person 199 - Public servant disobeying direction under law 200 - Punishment for nontreatment of victim 201 - Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury 202 - Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade 203 - Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property 204 - Personating a public servant 205 - Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent 206 - Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding 207 - Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof 208 - Nonattendance in obedience to an order from public servant 209 - Nonappearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 210 - Omission to Produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it 211 - Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it 212 - Furnishing False information 213 - Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it 214 - Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question 215 - Refusing to sign statement 216 - False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation 217 - False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person 218 - Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant 219 - Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant 220 - Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant 221 - Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions 222 - Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance 223 - Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant 224 - Threat of injury to public servant 225 - Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant 226 - Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power 227 - Giving false evidence 228 - Fabricating false evidence 229 - Punishment for false evidence 230 - Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence 231 - Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment 232 - Threatening any person to give false evidence 233 - Using evidence known to be false 234 - Issuing or signing false certificate 235 - Using as true a Certificate known to be false 236 - False Statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence 237 - Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false 238 - Causing Disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender 239 - Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform 240 - Giving false information respecting an offence committed 241 - Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence 242 - False Personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution 243 - Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution 244 - Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution 245 - Fraudulently Suffering decree for sum not due 246 - Dishonestly making false claim in Court 247 - Fraudulently Obtaining decree for sum not due 248 - False charge of offence made with intent to injure 249 - Harbouring offender 250 - Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment 251 - Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender 252 - Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc 253 - Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered 254 - Penalty for Harbouring robbers or dacoits 255 - Public servant Disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture 256 - Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture 257 - Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law 258 - Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law 259 - Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend 260 - Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed 261 - Escape from Confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant 262 - Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension 263 - Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person 264 - Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for 265 - Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for 266 - Violation of condition of remission of punishment 267 - Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding 268 - Personation of assessor 269 - Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court 270 - Public nuisance 271 - Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life 272 - Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life 273 - Disobedience to quarantine rule 274 - Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale 275 - Sale of noxious food or drink 276 - Adulteration of drugs 277 - Sale of adulterated drugs 278 - Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation 279 - Fouling water of public spring or reservoir 280 - Making Atmosphere noxious to health 281 - Rash driving or riding on a public way 282 - Rash navigation of vessel 283 - Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy 284 - Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel 285 - Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation 286 - Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance 287 - Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter 288 - Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance 289 - Negligent conduct with respect to machinery 290 - Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc 291 - Negligent conduct with respect to animal 292 - Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for 293 - Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue 294 - Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc 295 - Sale, etc., of Obscene objects to child 296 - Obscene acts and songs 297 - Keeping lottery office 298 - Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class 299 - Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs 300 - Disturbing Religious assembly 301 - Trespassing on burial places, etc 302 - Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person 303 - Theft 304 - Snatching 305 - Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc 306 - Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master 307 - Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft 308 - Extortion 309 - Robbery 310 - Dacoity 311 - Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt 312 - Attempt to Commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon 313 - Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc 314 - Dishonest Misappropriation of property 315 - Dishonest Misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death 316 - Criminal breach of trust 317 - Stolen property 318 - Cheating 319 - Cheating by personation 320 - Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors 321 - Dishonestly or Fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors 322 - Dishonest or Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration 323 - Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property 324 - Mischief 325 - Mischief by killing or maiming animal 326 - Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc 327 - Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden 328 - Punishment for Intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc 329 - Criminal trespass and house-trespass 330 - House-trespass and housebreaking 331 - Punishment for house-trespass or housebreaking 332 - House-trespass in order to commit offence 333 - House-trespass After preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint 334 - Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property 335 - Making a false document 336 - Forgery 337 - Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc 338 - Forgery of Valuable security, will, etc 339 - Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine 340 - Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine 341 - Making or Possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338 342 - Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material 343 - Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security 344 - Falsification of accounts 345 - Property mark 346 - Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury 347 - Counterfeiting a property mark 348 - Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark 349 - Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark 350 - Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods 351 - Criminal intimidation 352 - Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace 353 - Statements conducing to public mischief 354 - Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure 355 - Misconduct in public by a drunken person 356 - Defamation 357 - Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person 358 - Repeal and savings
