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Section 23 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
23. "Wrongful gain"
"Wrongful gain" is gain by unlawful means of property which the person gaining is not legally entitled.
"Wrongful loss"- "Wrongful loss" is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Gaining wrongfully, losing wrongfully- A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires wrongfully. A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully kept out of any property as well as when such person is wrongfully deprived of property.
Related Sections
- Section 421: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 274: Adulteration of drugs
- Section 272: Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
- Section 250: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- Section 222: Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
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