IPC Chapter 17: Offences Against Property
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
- Section 378. Theft
- Section 379. Punishment for theft
- Section 380. Theft in dwelling house, etc
- Section 382. Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft
- Section 383. Extortion
- Section 384. Punishment for extortion
- Section 385. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
- Section 386. Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
- Section 387. Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
- Section 388. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc
- Section 389. Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
- Section 390. Robbery
- Section 391. Dacoity
- Section 392. Punishment for robbery
- Section 393. Attempt to commit robbery
- Section 394. Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
- Section 395. Punishment for dacoity
- Section 396. Dacoity with murder
- Section 397. Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
- Section 398. Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
- Section 399. Making preparation to commit dacoity
- Section 400. Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
- Section 401. Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
- Section 402. Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
- Section 403. Dishonest misappropriation of property
- Section 404. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
- Section 405. Criminal breach of trust
- Section 406. Punishment for criminal breach of trust
- Section 407. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
- Section 408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
- Section 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
- Section 410. Stolen Property
- Section 411. Dishonestly receiving stolen property
- Section 412. Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
- Section 413. Habitually dealing in stolen property
- Section 414. Assisting in concealment of stolen property
- Section 415. Cheating
- Section 416. Cheating by personation
- Section 417. Punishment for cheating
- Section 418. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
- Section 419. Punishment for cheating by personation
- Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
- Section 421. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 422. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
- Section 423. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
- Section 424. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
- Section 425. Mischief
- Section 426. Punished for mischief
- Section 427. Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
- Section 428. Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees
- Section 429. Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
- Section 430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
- Section 431. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
- Section 432. Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage
- Section 433. Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
- Section 434. Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority
- 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
- Section 436. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc
- Section 437. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
- Section 438. Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance
- Section 439. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
- Section 440. Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
- Section 441. Criminal trespass
- Section 442. House trespass
- Section 443. Lurking house-trespass
- Section 444. Lurking house-trespass by night
- Section 445. Housing breaking
- Section 446. House-breaking by night
- Section 447. Punishment for criminal trespass
- Section 448. Punishment for house-trespass
- Section 449. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
- Section 450. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
- Section 451. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 452. House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 453. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
- Section 454. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 455. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 456. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
- Section 457. Lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 458. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
- Section 459. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or house-breaking
- 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
- Section 461. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
- Section 462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody