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IPC- Indian Penal Code 1860 Sections and Law

Classification of offences under Indian Penal Code 1860 - What are the classifications of offences under Indian Penal Code 1860? What are the punishments? What offences are cognizable or non congnizable? What are the bailable and non bailable offences? By What court these offences are triable?

What are the compoundable offences under CRPC 320, which are compoundable with out the permission of the court? Offences under Section 298, 323, 334, 341, 342, 352, 355, 358, 426, 427, 447, 448, 491, 497, 498, 500, 501, 502, 504, 506, 508 of Indian Penal Code compoundable under CRPC 320

Section 23 of Indian Penal Code - What is wrongful gain and Wrongful Loss?

Section 24 of Indian Penal Code - What is the meaning of dishonestly?

Section 25 of Indian Penal Code - What is the meaning of Fraudulently?

Section 53 of Indian Penal Code - What are the punishments under IPC?

Section 54 of Indian Penal Code - What is Commutation of Death Sentence?

Section 55 of Indian Penal Code - What is Commutation of Sentence of Imprisonment? is the limit of life term is 14 years?

Section 64 of Indian Penal Code - What is Sentence of Imprisonment for non payment of fine?

Section 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 of Indian Penal Code - Levy of fine and imprisonment

Section 71 of Indian Penal Code - What is the limit of punishment of offences made up of several offences?

Section 73, 74 of Indian Penal Code - What is Solitary Confinement? What is the limit of solitary confinement?

Section 75 of Indian Penal Code - Enhancement of punishment for certain offences after previous conviction

Section 120A, 120B of Indian Penal Code - What is criminal conspiracy? What is punishment for criminal conspiracy?

Section 141, 142 and 143 of Indian Penal Code - What is unlawful assembly? What is the punishment for unlawful Assembly?

Section 144 and 145 of Indian Penal Code - Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon, continuing and its punishment

Section 146, 147 and 148 of Indian Penal Code - Rioting, What is Punishment for rioting? Rioting armed with deadly weapon

Section 171B of Indian Penal Code - What is Bribery? What is Punishment for Bribery? Section 171 E of IPC

Section 172 of Indian Penal Code - What is the punishment for absconding to avoid summons?

Section 174 of Indian Penal Code - What is the punishment for non appearance in obedience to an order from public servant?

Section 191 of Indian Penal Code - What is false evidence?

Section 192 of Indian Penal Code - What is fabricating false evidence?

Section 193 of Indian Penal Code - What is the Punishment for false evidence?

Section 228a of Indian Penal Code - What is the punishment for disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc

Section 272 of Indian Penal Code - What is adulteration of food or drink intended for sale? What is the punishment?

Section 299 of Indian Penal Code - What is Culpable Homicide?

Section 300 of Indian Penal Code - What is murder? When culpable homicide is not murder?

Section 302,303 and 304 of Indian Penal Code - Punishment for Murder, murder by life convict and Culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Section 304A of Indian Penal Code - What is causing death by negligence? What is the punishment?

Section 304B of Indian Penal Code - Dowry Death. What are the ingredients of Dowry death? What is punishment for Dowry death?

Section 306 of Indian Penal Code - Abetment of Suicide. What is the punishment for abetment of suicide?

Section 307 of Indian Penal Code - What is Attempt to Murder? What is the punishment for attempt to murder?

Section 308 of Indian Penal Code - What is attempt to commit culpable homicide? What is the punishment

Section 319, 320 of Indian Penal Code - What is Hurt and Grievous Hurt?

Section 321, 322 of Indian Penal Code - What is voluntarily causing hurt and voluntarily causing grievous hurt?

Section 323, 325 of Indian Penal Code - What is punishment for voluntarily causing hurt and voluntarily causing grievous hurt?

Section 339, 341 of Indian Penal Code - What is wrongful restraint? What is punishment for wrongful restraint?

Section 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348 of Indian Penal Code - What is wrongful confinement? What is the punishment?

Section 351 of Indian Penal Code - What is Assault?

Section 352 of Indian Penal Code - What is punishment for Assault?

Section 353, 354, 355, 356, 357 and 358 of Indian Penal Code - What is Assault or Criminal force and its punishment?

Section 359, 363 and 363A of Indian Penal Code - What is Kidnapping? What is the punishment for kidnapping?

Section 360, 361 and 362 of Indian Penal Code - What is Kidnapping from India?, What is Kidnapping from lawful guardianship? What is Abduction?

Section 364, 364A and 365 of Indian Penal Code - What is Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder? What is kidnapping for ransom etc? What is kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person?

Section 366, 366A and 366B of Indian Penal Code - What is kidnapping or inducing woman to compel marriage etc? What is Procuration of Minor Girl? What is importation of minor girl from foreign country? What is punishment?

Section 367, 368, 369, 370 and 371 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc? What is Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person? What is Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person? Buying or disposing of any person as a slave, Habitual dealing in slaves. What is punishment?

Section 372 and 373 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is selling minor for the purpose of prostitution etc? What is buying minor for the purpose of prostitution? What is the punishment?

Section 375 of Indian Penal Code - What is Rape? What are the actions comes under rape?

Section 376 of Indian Penal Code - What is punishment for rape?

Section 378 and 379 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Theft? What is the punishment for theft?

Section 380 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is theft in dwelling house etc? What is the punishment?

Section 381 and 382 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master? What is theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft? What are the punishment for theft by clerk or servant?

Section 383 and 384 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is extortion? What is the punishment for extortion?

Section 385, 386, 387, 388 and 389 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion? What is Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt to? What is Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion?, What is Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc?, What is Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion?

Section 390, 391 and 392 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Robbery? What is Dacoity? What is the punishment for robbery?

Section 393, 394, 395 and 396 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is attempt to commit robbery? What is voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery? What is the punishment for dacoity? What is Dacoity with murder?

Section 397, 398 and 399 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is dacoity with murder? What is Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt? What is Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon and punishment?

Section 400, 401 and 402 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is the Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits? What is the Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves? What is the punishment for Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity?

Section 403 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is dishonest misappropriation of property? What is the punishment for dishonest misappropriation of property?

Section 404 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by diseased person at the time of death? What is the punishment for this crime?

Section 405 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Criminal Breach of Trust?

Section 406, 407, 408 and 409 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is the punishment for Criminal Breach of Trust? What is Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc? What is Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant? What is Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent? What is the punishment?

Section 410, 411, 412, 413 and 414 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is stolen property? What is Dishonestly receiving stolen property? What is Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity? What is Habitually dealing in stolen property? What is Assisting in concealment of stolen property? What is punishment?

Section 415, 416 and 417 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is cheating? What is cheating by personation? What is the punishment for cheating?

Section 418, 419 and 420 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect? What is the punishment for cheating by personation? What is Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property?

Section 421, 422, 423 and 424 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors? What is Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors? What is Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration? What is Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property?

Section 425 and 426 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is mischief? What is the punishment for mischief?

Section 463, 464 and 465 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Forgery? What is making a false document? What is the punishment for forgery?

Section 466, 467, 468 and 469 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc? What is making a false document? What is Forgery of valuable security, will, etc? What is Forgery for purpose of cheating? What is forgery for the purpose of harming reputation?

Section 470, 471, 472, 473 and 474 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Forged document? What is using as genuine a forged document? What is Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section? What is Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise? What is Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine?

Section 489A, 489B, 489C, 489D and 489E of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Counterfeiting currency notes of bank notes? What is using as genuine a forged document? What is Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes? What is Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes? What is Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes? What is Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes? What are the punishments?

Section 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 and 498 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage? What is Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife? What is Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted? What is Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage? What is Adultery? What is Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman? What are the punishments?

Section 498A of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty? What is the punishment for the crime?

Section 499 and 500 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Defamation? What is the punishment for the defamation?

Section 503 and 506 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Criminal Intimidation? What is the punishment for the Criminal Intimidation?

Section 504 and 505 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace? What is statements conducting to public mischief?

Section 507, 508, 509 and 510 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication? What is Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure? What is Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman? What is Misconduct in public by a drunken person?

Section 511 of Indian Penal Code 1860 - What is Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment?

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