Punishment for OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

Cognizable Bailable By what

Section Offence Punishment or non- or non- court
cognizable bailable triable

Waging or attempting
to wage war or Death, or
Non- Court of
121 IPC abetting the waging of imprisonment for Cognizable
bailable Session
war, against the life and fine.
Government of India.

Imprisonment for
Conspiring to commit
121A life, or Non- Court of
certain offences Cognizable
IPC imprisonment for bailable Session
against the State.
10 years and fine.

Collecting arms, etc.,

Imprisonment for
with the intention of
life, or Non- Court of
122 IPC waging war against Cognizable
imprisonment for bailable Session
the Government of
10 years and fine.
India.

Concealing with intent

Imprisonment for Non- Court of
123 IPC to facilitate a design to Cognizable
10 years and fine. bailable Session
wage war.

Assaulting President,
Governor, etc., with
Imprisonment for 7 Non- Court of
124 IPC intent to compel or Cognizable
years and fine. bailable Session
restrain the exercise
of any lawful power

124A Sedition Imprisonment for Cognizable Non- Court of

IPC life and fine, or bailable Session
imprisonment for 3
years and fine, or
fine.

Waging war against

any Asiatic power in Imprisonment for
alliance or at peace life and fine, or
Non- Court of
125 IPC with the Government imprisonment for 7 Cognizable
bailable Session
of India, or abetting years and fine, or
the waging of such fine.
war.

Committing
depredation on the Imprisonment for 7
territories of any years and fine, and Non- Court of
126 IPC Cognizable
power in alliance or at forfeiture of certain bailable Session
peace with the property
Government of India.

Receiving property
Imprisonment for 7
taken by war or
years and fine, and Non- Court of
127 IPC depredation Cognizable
forfeiture of certain bailable Session
mentioned in sections
property
125 and 126.

Public servant
Imprisonment for
voluntarily allowing
life, or Non- Court of
128 IPC prisoner of State or Cognizable
imprisonment for bailable Session
war in his custody to
10 years and fine.
escape.

Public servant
negligently suffering Simple Magistrate
129 IPC prisoner of State of imprisonment for 3 Cognizable Bailable of the first
war in his custody to years and fine. class
escape.
 Aiding escape of
rescuing or
Imprisonment for
harbouring, such
life, or Non- Court of
130 IPC prisoner, or offering Cognizable
imprisonment for bailable Session
any resistance to the
10 years and fine.
recapture of such
prisoner.