Section 430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
430
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which causes, or which he knows to be likely to cause, a diminution of the supply of water for agricultural purposes, or for food or drink for human beings or for animals which are property, or for cleanliness or for carrying, on any manufacture, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
