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By Ravi Geela
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Indian Penal Code, 1860 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section Heading Clause Heading
1 Title and extent of 1 Short title,
operation of the Code commencement and
application
2 Punishment of 1(3) Short title,
offences committed commencement and
within India application
3 Punishment of 1(4) Short title,
offences committed commencement and
beyond, but which by application
law may be tried
within, India
4 Extension of Code to 1(5) Short title,
extra-territorial commencement and
offences application
5 Certain laws not to be — —
affected by this Act
6 Definitions in the Code 1(6) Short title,
to be understood commencement and
subject to exceptions application
7 Sense of expression — —
once explained
8 Gender 2(10) ―Gender‖
9 Number 2(22) ―Number‖
10 ―Man‖, ―Woman‖ 2(19) ―Man‖
2(35) ―Woman‖
11 ―Person‖ 2(26) ―Person‖
12 ―Public‖ 2(27) ―Public‖
13 Definition of ―Queen‖ — —
14 ―Servant of 2(28) ―Public servant‖
Government‖
15 Definition of ―British — —
India‖
16 Definition of — —
―Government of
India‖
17 Government 2(12) ―Government‖
18 India — —
19 ―Judge‖ 2(16) ―Judge‖
20 ―Court of Justice‖ 2(5) ―Court‖
21 ―Public servant‖ 2(28) ―Public servant‖
22 ―Movable property‖ 2(21) ―Movable property‖
23 ―Wrongful gain‖ 2(36) ―Wrongful gain‖
2(38) ―Gaining wrongfully‖, ―Losing wrongfully‖
24 ―Dishonestly‖ 2(7) ―Dishonestly‖
25 ―Fraudulently‖ 2(9) ―Fraudulently‖
26 ―Reason to believe‖ 2(29) ―Reason to believe
27 Property in possession 3 General Explanations
of wife, clerk or and expressions
servant
28 ―Counterfeit‖ 2(4) ―Counterfeit‖
29 ―Document‖ 2(8) ―Document‖
29A ―Electronic record‖ 2(39) Words defined in
Inf.Tech. Act.
30 ―Valuable security‖ 2(31) ―Valuable security‖
31 ―A will‖ 2(34) ―Will‖
32 Words referring to acts 2(1) ―Act‖
include illegal
omissions
3(4) General Explanations and expressions
33 ―Act‖, ―Omission‖ 2(1) ―Act‖
2(26) ―Person‖
34 Acts done by several 3(5) General Explanations
persons in furtherance and expressions
of common intention
35 When such an act is 3(6) General Explanations
criminal by reason of and expressions
its being done with a
criminal knowledge or
intention
36 Effect caused partly by 3(7) General Explanations
act and partly by and expressions
omission
37 Co-operation by doing 3(8) General Explanations
one of several acts and expressions
constituting an offence
38 Persons concerned in 3(9) General Explanations
Criminal Act may be and expressions
guilty of different
offences
39 ―Voluntarily‖ 2(33) ―Voluntarily‖
50 ―Section‖ — —
53 Punishments 4 Punishments
53A Construction of — —
reference to
transportation
54 Commutation of 5 Commutation of
sentence of death sentence of death or
imprisonment for life
55 Commutation of 5 Commutation of
sentence of sentence of death or
imprisonment for life imprisonment for life
55A Definition of Explanation to Commutation of
―appropriate section 5 sentence of death or
Government‖ imprisonment for life
56 Sentence of — —
Europeans and
Americans to penal
servitude, proviso as
to sentence for term
exceeding ten years
but not for life
57 Fractions of terms of 6 Fractions of terms of
punishment punishment
58 Offenders sentenced 4 Punishments
to transportation how
dealt with until
transported
59 Transportation instead 4 Punishments
of imprisonment
60 Sentence may be (in 7 Sentence may be (in
certain cases of certain cases of
imprisonment) wholly imprisonment) wholly
or partly rigorous or or partly rigorous or
simple simple
61 Sentence of forfeiture — —
of property
62 Forfeiture of property, — —
in respect of offenders
punishable with death,
transportation or
imprisonment
63 Amount of fine 8 Amount of fine, liability
in default of payment
of fine, etc.
64 Sentence of 8 Amount of fine, liability
imprisonment for non- in default of payment
payment of fine of fine, etc.
65 Limit to imprisonment 8(3) Amount of fine, liability
for non-payment of in default of payment
fine, when of fine, etc.
imprisonment and fine
awardable
66 Description of 8(4)/(5) Amount of fine, liability
imprisonment for non- in default of payment
payment of fine of fine, etc.
67 Imprisonment for non- 8(6) Amount of fine, liability
payment of fine when in default of payment
offence punishable of fine, etc.
with fine only
68 Imprisonment to 8(6) Amount of fine, liability
terminate on payment in default of payment
of fine of fine, etc.
69 Termination of 8(6) Amount of fine, liability
imprisonment on in default of payment
payment of of fine, etc.
proportional part of
fine
70 Fine leviable within six 8(7) Amount of fine, liability
years, or during in default of payment
imprisonment – Death of fine, etc.
not to discharge
property from liability
71 Limit of punishment of 9 Limit of punishment of
offence made up of offence made up of
several offences several offences
72 Punishment of person 10 Punishment of person
guilty of one of several guilty of one of several
offences, the judgment offences, the judgment
stating that it is stating that it is
doubtful of which doubtful of which
73 Solitary confinement 11 Solitary confinement
311 Punishment — —
446 House-breaking by — —
night
447 Punishment for — —
criminal trespass