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Section 462 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
Whoever, being entrusted with any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to contain property, without having authority to open the same, dishonestly, or with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 453: Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
- Section 20: Court of Justice
- Section 190: Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
- Section 188: Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
- Section 379: Punishment for theft
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