Indian Penal Code, 1860
Chapter IV: Chapter IV
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Section 76: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
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Section 77: Act of Judge when acting judicially
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Section 78: Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
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Section 79: Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
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Section 80: Accident in doing a lawful act
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Section 81: Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
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Section 82: Act of a child under seven years of age
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Section 83: Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding
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Section 84: Act of a person of-unsound mind
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Section 85: Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
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Section 86: Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated
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Section 87: Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
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Section 88: Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit
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Section 89: Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian
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Section 90: Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
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Section 91: Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
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Section 92: Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
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Section 93: Communication made in good faith
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Section 94: Act to which a person is compelled by threats
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Section 95: Act causing slight harm
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Section 96: Things done in private defense
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Section 97: Right of private defense of the body and of property
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Section 98: Right of private defense against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
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Section 99: Acts against which there is no right of private defense
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Section 100: When the right of private defense of the body extends to causing death
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Section 101: When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
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Section 102: Commencement and continuance of the right of private defense of the body
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Section 103: When the right of private defense of property extends to causing death
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Section 104: When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
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Section 105: Commencement and continuance of the right of private defense of property
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Section 106: Right of private defense against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
Chapter VIII: Chapter VIII
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Section 141: Unlawful assembly
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Section 142: Being member of unlawful assembly
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Section 143: Punishment
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Section 144: Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
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Section 145: Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
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Section 146: Rioting
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Section 147: Punishment for rioting
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Section 148: Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
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Section 149: Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
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Section 150: Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
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Section 151: Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
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Section 152: Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
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Section 153: Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed
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Section 153A: Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
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Section 153B: Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration
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Section 154: Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
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Section 155: Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
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Section 156: Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
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Section 157: Harboring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
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Section 158: Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
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Section 159: Affray
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Section 160: Punishment for committing affray
Chapter XI: Chapter XI
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Section 191: Giving false evidence
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Section 192: Fabricating false evidence
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Section 193: Punishment for false evidence
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Section 194: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
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Section 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
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Section 196: Using evidence known to be false
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Section 197: Issuing or signing false certificate
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Section 198: Using as true a certificate known to be false
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Section 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
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Section 200: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
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Section 201: Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
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Section 202: Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
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Section 203: Giving false information respecting an offence committed
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Section 204: Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
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Section 205: False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
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Section 206: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
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Section 207: Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
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Section 208: Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
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Section 209: Dishonestly making false claim in Court
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Section 210: Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
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Section 211: False charge of offence made with intent to injure
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Section 212: Harboring offender
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Section 213: Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
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Section 214: Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
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Section 215: Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
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Section 216: Harboring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
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Section 216A: Penalty for harboring robbers or dacoits
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Section 217: Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
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Section 218: Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
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Section 219: Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
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Section 220: Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
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Section 221: Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
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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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Section 223: Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
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Section 224: Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
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Section 225: Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
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Section 225A: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
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Section 225B: Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
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Section 227: Violation of condition of remission of punishment
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Section 228: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
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Section 228A: Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc
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Section 229: Personation of a juror or assessor
Chapter XII: Chapter XII
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Section 230: Coin defined
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Section 231: Counterfeiting coin
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Section 232: Counterfeiting Indian coin
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Section 233: Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
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Section 234: Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
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Section 235: Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
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Section 236: Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
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Section 237: Import or export of counterfeit coin
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Section 238: Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin
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Section 239: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
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Section 240: Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
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Section 241: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
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Section 242: Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof-
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Section 243: Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
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Section 244: Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
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Section 245: Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
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Section 246: Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
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Section 247: Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
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Section 248: Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
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Section 249: Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
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Section 250: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
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Section 251: Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
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Section 252: Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof-
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Section 253: Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof-
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Section 254: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
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Section 255: Counterfeiting Government stamp
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Section 256: Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
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Section 257: Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
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Section 258: Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
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Section 259: Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
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Section 260: Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit
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Section 261: Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
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Section 262: Using Government stamp known to have been before used
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Section 263: Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
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Section 263A: Prohibition of fictitious stamps
Chapter XIII: Chapter XIII
Chapter XVI: Chapter XVI
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Section 299: Culpable homicide
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Section 300: Murder
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Section 301: Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
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Section 302: Punishment for murder
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Section 303: Punishment for murder by life-convict
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Section 304: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
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Section 304A: Causing death by negligence
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Section 304B: Dowry death
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Section 305: Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
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Section 306: Abetment of suicide
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Section 307: Attempt to murder
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Section 308: Attempt to commit culpable homicide
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Section 309: Attempt to commit suicide
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Section 310: Thug
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Section 311: Punishment
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Section 312: Causing miscarriage
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Section 313: Causing miscarriage without woman's consent
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Section 314: Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
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Section 315: Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
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Section 316: Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
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Section 317: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
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Section 318: Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
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Section 319: Hurt
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Section 320: Grievous hurt
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Section 321: Voluntarily causing hurt
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Section 322: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
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Section 323: Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
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Section 324: Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
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Section 325: Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
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Section 326: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means -
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Section 327: Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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Section 328: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. with intent to commit an offence
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Section 329: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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Section 330: Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
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Section 331: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
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Section 332: Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
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Section 333: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
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Section 334: Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
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Section 335: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation
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Section 336: Act endangering life or personal safety of others
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Section 337: Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
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Section 338: Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
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Section 339: Wrongful restraint
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Section 340: Wrongful confinement
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Section 341: Punishment for wrongful restraint
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Section 342: Punishment for wrongful confinement
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Section 343: Wrongful confinement for three or more days
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Section 344: Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
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Section 345: Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
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Section 346: Wrongful confinement in secret
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Section 347: Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
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Section 348: Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
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Section 349: Force
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Section 350: Criminal force
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Section 351: Assault
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Section 352: Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
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Section 353: Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
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Section 354: Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
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Section 355: Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation
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Section 356: Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
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Section 357: Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
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Section 358: Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
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Section 359: Kidnapping
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Section 360: Kidnapping from India
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Section 361: Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
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Section 362: Abduction
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Section 363: Punishment for kidnapping
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Section 363A: Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging
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Section 364: Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
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Section 364A: Kidnapping for ransom, etc
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Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
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Section 366: Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
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Section 366A: Procuration of minor girl
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Section 366B: Importation of girl from foreign country
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Section 367: Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc
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Section 368: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
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Section 369: Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
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Section 370: Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
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Section 371: Habitual dealing in slaves
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Section 372: Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
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Section 373: Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
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Section 374: Unlawful compulsory labor
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Section 375: Rape
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Section 376: Punishment for rape
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Section 376A: Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
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Section 376B: Intercourse by public servant with woman in his custody
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Section 376C: Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
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Section 376D: Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
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Section 377: Unnatural offences
Chapter XVII: Chapter XVII
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Section 378: Theft
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Section 379: Punishment for theft
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Section 380: Theft in dwelling house, etc
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Section 381: Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
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Section 382: Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft
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Section 383: Extortion
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Section 384: Punishment for extortion
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Section 385: Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
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Section 386: Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt to
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Section 387: Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
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Section 388: Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc
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Section 389: Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
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Section 390: Robbery
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Section 391: Dacoity
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Section 392: Punishment for robbery
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Section 393: Attempt to commit robbery
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Section 394: Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
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Section 395: Punishment for dacoity
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Section 396: Dacoity with murder
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Section 397: Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
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Section 398: Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
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Section 399: Making preparation to commit dacoity
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Section 400: Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
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Section 401: Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
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Section 402: Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
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Section 403: Dishonest misappropriation of property
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Section 404: Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
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Section 405: Criminal breach of trust
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Section 406: Punishment for criminal breach of trust
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Section 407: Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
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Section 408: Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
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Section 409: Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
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Section 410: Stolen Property
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Section 411: Dishonestly receiving stolen property
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Section 412: Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
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Section 413: Habitually dealing in stolen property
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Section 414: Assisting in concealment of stolen property
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Section 415: Cheating
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Section 416: Cheating by personation
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Section 417: Punishment for cheating
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Section 418: Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
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Section 419: Punishment for cheating by personation
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Section 420: Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
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Section 421: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
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Section 422: Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors-.
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Section 423: Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
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Section 424: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
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Section 425: Mischief
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Section 426: Punishment for mischief-
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Section 427: Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
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Section 428: Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees.
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Section 429: Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
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Section 430: Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
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Section 431: Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
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Section 432: Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage
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Section 433: Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
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Section 434: Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land-mark fixed by public Authority
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Section 435: Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees
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Section 436: Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc
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Section 437: Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
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Section 438: Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance
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Section 439: Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
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Section 440: Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
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Section 441: Criminal trespass
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Section 442: House trespass
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Section 443: Lurking house-trespass
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Section 444: Lurking house-trespass by night
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Section 445: House breaking
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Section 446: House-breaking by night
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Section 447: Punishment for criminal trespass
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Section 448: Punishment for house-trespass
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Section 449: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
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Section 450: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
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Section 451: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
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Section 452: House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
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Section 453: Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
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Section 454: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
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Section 455: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
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Section 456: Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
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Section 457: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
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Section 458: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
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Section 459: Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or housebreaking
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Section 460: All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable where death or grievous hurt caused by one of them
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Section 461: Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
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Section 462: Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
Chapter XVIII: Chapter XVIII
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Section 463: Forgery
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Section 464: Making a false document
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Section 465: Punishment for forgery
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Section 466: Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc
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Section 467: Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
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Section 468: Forgery for purpose of cheating
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Section 469: Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
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Section 470: Forged document
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Section 471: Using as genuine a forged document
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Section 472: Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
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Section 473: Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
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Section 474: Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
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Section 475: Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
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Section 476: Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
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Section 477: Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
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Section 477A: Falsification of accounts
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Section 479: Property mark
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Section 481: Using a false property mark
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Section 482: Punishment for using a false property mark
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Section 483: Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
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Section 484: Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
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Section 485: Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
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Section 486: Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
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Section 487: Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
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Section 488: Punishment for making use of any such false mark
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Section 489: Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
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Section 489A: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
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Section 489B: Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes
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Section 489C: Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
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