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federal law · 1860

Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) (PPC)

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Qanoon publishes entries from its local law bundle and does not assume a code is complete simply because it appears in this catalogue. The ingestion and verification status for this code is partially_verified. Source note: Act No. XLV of 1860 [6th October, 1860]. Consolidated official text ingested 2026-09-15 from Pakistan Code portal PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (179 pp., pakistancode.gov.pk/pdffiles/administratord5622ea3f15bfa00b17d2cf7770a8434.pdf). Sections 302/379/392/500 verified; remainder of Code not yet ingested. Bulk auto-transcription 2026-09-15: ~118 additional sections ingested from the official consolidated PDF (qisas/diyat ss.299-311 incl. 310A, attempt s.324, hurt/confinement ss.339-344/349-354A, kidnapping…

Section index

  1. § 1 — Title and extent of operation of the Code
  2. § 2 — Punishment of offences committed within Pakistan
  3. § 3 — Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within,
  4. § 4 — Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
  5. § 5 — Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
  6. § 6 — Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
  7. § 7 — Sense of expression once explained
  8. § 8 — Gender
  9. § 9 — Number
  10. § 10 — “Man” “Woman”
  11. § 11 — “Person”
  12. § 12 — “Public”
  13. § 14 — “Servant of the State”
  14. § 17 — “Government”
  15. § 19 — “Judge”
  16. § 20 — “Court of Justice”
  17. § 21 — “Public servant”
  18. § 22 — “Moveable property”
  19. § 23 — “Wrongful gain”
  20. § 24 — “Dishonestly”
  21. § 25 — “Fraudulently”
  22. § 26 — “Reason to believe”
  23. § 27 — Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
  24. § 28 — “Counterfeit”
  25. § 29 — “Document”
  26. § 30 — “Valuable security”
  27. § 31 — “A will”
  28. § 32 — Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
  29. § 33 — “Act” “Omission”
  30. § 34 — Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
  31. § 35 — When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal
  32. § 36 — Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
  33. § 37 — Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
  34. § 38 — Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
  35. § 39 — “Voluntarily”
  36. § 40 — “Offence
  37. § 41 — “Special law”
  38. § 42 — “Local Law”
  39. § 43 — “Illegal
  40. § 44 — “Injury
  41. § 45 — “Life
  42. § 46 — “Death
  43. § 47 — “Animal
  44. § 48 — “Vessel
  45. § 49 — “Year
  46. § 50 — “Section
  47. § 51 — “Oath
  48. § 52 — “Good faith
  49. § 52A — “Harbour
  50. § 53 — Punishments
  51. § 54 — Commutation of sentence of death
  52. § 55 — Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
  53. § 55A — Saving for 7[President] prerogative
  54. § 57 — Fractions of terms of punishment
  55. § 60 — Sentence may be (in certain case sof imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or
  56. § 63 — Amount of fine
  57. § 64 — Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
  58. § 65 — Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine
  59. § 66 — Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
  60. § 67 — Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
  61. § 68 — Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine
  62. § 69 — Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
  63. § 70 — Fine leviable within six years, or during imprisonment
  64. § 71 — Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
  65. § 72 — Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that
  66. § 73 — Solitary confinement
  67. § 74 — Limit of solitary confinement
  68. § 75 — Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII
  69. § 76 — Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by
  70. § 77 — Act of Judge when acting judicially
  71. § 78 — Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
  72. § 79 — Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by
  73. § 80 — Accident in doing a lawful act
  74. § 81 — Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other
  75. § 82 — Act of child under 1[ten] years of age
  76. § 83 — Act of a child above 1[ten] and under 1[fourteen] of immature understanding.
  77. § 84 — Act of a person of unsound mind
  78. § 85 — Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his
  79. § 86 — Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is
  80. § 87 — Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done
  81. § 88 — Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit.
  82. § 89 — Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of
  83. § 90 — Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
  84. § 91 — Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
  85. § 92 — Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
  86. § 93 — Communication made in good faith
  87. § 94 — Act to which a person is compelled by threats
  88. § 95 — Act causing slight harm
  89. § 96 — Things done in private defence
  90. § 97 — Right of private defence of the body and of property
  91. § 98 — Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc
  92. § 99 — Acts against which there is no right of private defence
  93. § 100 — When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
  94. § 101 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
  95. § 102 — Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body
  96. § 103 — When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death
  97. § 104 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
  98. § 105 — Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property
  99. § 106 — Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to
  100. § 107 — Abetment of a thing
  101. § 108 — Abettor
  102. § 108A — Abetment in Pakistan of offences outside it
  103. § 109 — Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where
  104. § 110 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from
  105. § 111 — Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
  106. § 112 — Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
  107. § 113 — Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that
  108. § 114 — Abettor present when offence is committed
  109. § 115 — Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if offence not
  110. § 116 — Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment— if offence be not committed;
  111. § 117 — Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons.
  112. § 118 — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for
  113. § 119 — Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.
  114. § 120 — Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
  115. § 120A — Definition of criminal conspiracy
  116. § 120B — Punishment of criminal conspiracy
  117. § 121 — Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against Pakistan.
  118. § 121A — Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121
  119. § 122 — Collecting arms, etc
  120. § 123 — Concealing with intent to facilities design to wage war
  121. § 123A — Condemnation of the creation of the State, and advocacy of abolition of
  122. § 123B — Defiling or unauthorisedly removing the National Flag of Pakistan from
  123. § 124 — Assaulting President, Governor, etc
  124. § 124A — Sedition
  125. § 125 — Waging war against any 12[*] Power in alliance with Pakistan
  126. § 126 — Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with Pakistan
  127. § 127 — Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and
  128. § 128 — Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
  129. § 129 — Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
  130. § 130 — Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
  131. § 131 — Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty.
  132. § 132 — Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
  133. § 133 — Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in
  134. § 134 — Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed
  135. § 135 — Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
  136. § 136 — Harbouring deserter
  137. § 137 — Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
  138. § 138 — Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
  139. § 139 — Persons subject to certain Acts
  140. § 140 — Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
  141. § 141 — Unlawful assembly
  142. § 142 — Being member of unlawful assembly
  143. § 143 — Punishment
  144. § 144 — Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
  145. § 145 — Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to
  146. § 146 — Rioting
  147. § 147 — Punishment for rioting
  148. § 148 — Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
  149. § 149 — Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of
  150. § 150 — Hiring, or conniving at hiring, or persons to join unlawful assembly
  151. § 151 — Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has
  152. § 152 — Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
  153. § 153 — Want only giving provocation with intent to cause riot– if rioting be committed; if
  154. § 153A — Promoting enmity between different groups, etc
  155. § 153B — Inducing students, etc
  156. § 154 — Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
  157. § 155 — Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
  158. § 156 — Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed.
  159. § 157 — Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
  160. § 158 — Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
  161. § 159 — Affray
  162. § 160 — Punishment for committing affray
  163. § 161 — Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an
  164. § 162 — Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means to influence public
  165. § 163 — Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant.
  166. § 164 — Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 162 or
  167. § 165 — Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person
  168. § 165A — Punishment for abetment of offences defined in sections 161 and 165
  169. § 165B — Certain abettors excepted
  170. § 166 — Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
  171. § 167 — Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
  172. § 168 — Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
  173. § 169 — Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
  174. § 170 — Personating a public servant
  175. § 171 — Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
  176. § 171A — “Candidates” “Electoral right” defined
  177. § 171B — Bribery
  178. § 171C — Undue influence at elections
  179. § 171D — Personation at elections
  180. § 171E — Punishment for bribery
  181. § 171F — Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
  182. § 171G — False statement in connection with an election
  183. § 171H — Illegal payments in connection with an election
  184. § 171I — Failure to keep election accounts
  185. § 171J — Inducing any person not to participate in any election or referendum, etc
  186. § 172 — Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
  187. § 173 — Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication
  188. § 174 — Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
  189. § 175 — Omission to produce document to public servant by person
  190. § 176 — Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound
  191. § 177 — Furnishing false information
  192. § 178 — Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
  193. § 179 — Refusing to answer public servant authorized to question
  194. § 180 — Refusing to sign statement
  195. § 181 — False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to
  196. § 182 — False information with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the
  197. § 183 — Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.
  198. § 184 — Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
  199. § 185 — Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
  200. § 186 — Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
  201. § 187 — Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
  202. § 188 — Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
  203. § 189 — Threat of injury to public servant
  204. § 190 — Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public
  205. § 191 — Giving false evidence
  206. § 192 — Fabricating false evidence
  207. § 193 — Punishment for false evidence
  208. § 194 — Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of
  209. § 195 — Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence
  210. § 196 — Using evidence known to be false
  211. § 197 — Issuing or signing false certificate
  212. § 198 — Using as true a certificate known to be false
  213. § 199 — False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
  214. § 200 — Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
  215. § 201 — Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen
  216. § 202 — Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.
  217. § 203 — Giving false information respecting an offence committed
  218. § 204 — Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
  219. § 205 — False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
  220. § 206 — Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited
  221. § 207 — Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
  222. § 208 — Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
  223. § 209 — Dishonestly making false claim in Court
  224. § 210 — Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
  225. § 211 — False charge of offence made with intent to injure
  226. § 212 — Harbouring offender
  227. § 213 — Taking gift, etc
  228. § 214 — Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
  229. § 215 — Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc
  230. § 216 — Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has
  231. § 216A — Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits
  232. § 217 — Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from
  233. § 218 — Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from
  234. § 219 — Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc
  235. § 220 — Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that
  236. § 221 — Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to
  237. § 222 — Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to
  238. § 223 — Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
  239. § 224 — Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
  240. § 225 — Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
  241. § 225A — Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases
  242. § 225B — Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not
  243. § 227 — Violation of condition of remission of punishment
  244. § 228 — Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.
  245. § 229 — Personation of a juror or assessor
  246. § 230 — “Coin” defined
  247. § 231 — Counterfeiting coin
  248. § 232 — Counterfeiting Pakistan coin
  249. § 233 — Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
  250. § 234 — Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Pakistan coin
  251. § 235 — Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for
  252. § 236 — Abetting in Pakistan the counterfeiting out of Pakistan of coin
  253. § 237 — Import or export of counterfeit coin
  254. § 238 — Import or export of counterfeits of Pakistan coin
  255. § 239 — Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  256. § 240 — Delivery of Pakistan coin possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  257. § 241 — Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know
  258. § 242 — Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he
  259. § 243 — Possession of Pakistan coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he
  260. § 244 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition
  261. § 245 — Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
  262. § 246 — Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin.
  263. § 247 — Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of
  264. § 248 — Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different
  265. § 249 — Altering appearance of Pakistan coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of
  266. § 250 — Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  267. § 251 — Delivery of Pakistan coin possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  268. § 252 — Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed
  269. § 253 — Possession of Pakistan coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became
  270. § 254 — Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know
  271. § 255 — Counterfeiting Government stamp
  272. § 256 — Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government
  273. § 257 — Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
  274. § 258 — Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
  275. § 259 — Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
  276. § 260 — Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit
  277. § 261 — Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from
  278. § 262 — Using Government stamp known to have been before used
  279. § 263 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
  280. § 264 — Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
  281. § 265 — Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
  282. § 266 — Being in possession of false weight or measure
  283. § 267 — Making or selling false weight or measure
  284. § 268 — Public nuisance
  285. § 269 — Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
  286. § 270 — Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
  287. § 271 — Disobedience to quarantine rule
  288. § 272 — Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
  289. § 273 — Sale of noxious food or drink
  290. § 274 — Adulteration of drugs
  291. § 275 — Sale of adulterated drugs
  292. § 276 — Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
  293. § 277 — Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
  294. § 278 — Making atmosphere noxious to health
  295. § 279 — Rash driving or riding on a public way
  296. § 280 — Rash navigation of vessel
  297. § 281 — Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
  298. § 282 — Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
  299. § 283 — Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
  300. § 284 — Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
  301. § 285 — Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
  302. § 286 — Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
  303. § 287 — Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
  304. § 288 — Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
  305. § 289 — Negligent conduct with respect to animal
  306. § 290 — Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
  307. § 291 — Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
  308. § 292 — Sale, etc
  309. § 292A — Exposure to seduction
  310. § 293 — Sale, etc
  311. § 294 — Obscene acts and songs
  312. § 294A — Keeping lottery office
  313. § 295 — Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class.
  314. § 295A — Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by
  315. § 295B — Defiling, etc
  316. § 295C — Use of derogatory remarks, etc
  317. § 296 — Disturbing religious assembly
  318. § 297 — Trespassing on burial places, etc
  319. § 298 — Uttering words, etc
  320. § 298A — Use of derogatory remarks, etc
  321. § 298B — Misuse of epithets, descriptions and titles, etc
  322. § 298C — Person of Quadiani group, etc
  323. § 299 — Definitions
  324. § 300 — Qatl-e-amd
  325. § 301 — Causing death of person other than the person whose death was intended
  326. § 302 — Punishment of qatl-i-amd
  327. § 303 — Qatl committed under ikrah-i-tam or ikrah-i-naqis
  328. § 304 — Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to qisas, etc
  329. § 305 — Wali
  330. § 306 — Qatl-i-amd not liable to qisas
  331. § 307 — Cases in which Qisas for qatl-e-amd shall not be enforced
  332. § 308 — Punishment in qatl-i-amd not liable to qisas, etc
  333. § 309 — Waiver-Afw (عفو) of qisas in qatl-i-amd
  334. § 310 — Compounding of qisas (Sulh) (صلع) in qatl-i- amd
  335. § 310A — Punishment for giving a female in marriage or otherwise in badla-e-sulh, wanni
  336. § 311 — Ta'zir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd
  337. § 312 — Qatl-i-amd after waiver or compounding of qisas
  338. § 313 — Right of qisas in qatl-i-amd
  339. § 314 — Execution of qisas in qatl-i-amd
  340. § 315 — Qatl shibh-i-amd
  341. § 316 — Punishment for qatl shibh-i-‘amd
  342. § 317 — Person committing qatl debarred from succession
  343. § 318 — Qatl-i-khata
  344. § 319 — Punishment for qatl-i-khata
  345. § 320 — Punishment for qatl-i-khata by rash or negligent driving
  346. § 321 — Qatl-bis-sabab
  347. § 322 — Punishment for qatl-bis-sabab
  348. § 323 — Value of diyat
  349. § 324 — Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd
  350. § 326 — Thug
  351. § 327 — Punishment
  352. § 328 — Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years by parent or person having
  353. § 328A — Cruelty to a child
  354. § 329 — Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
  355. § 330 — Disbursement of diyat
  356. § 331 — Payment of diyat
  357. § 332 — Hurt
  358. § 333 — Itlaf-i-udw
  359. § 334 — Punishment for itlaf-i-udw
  360. § 335 — Itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw
  361. § 336 — Punishment for itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw
  362. § 336A — Hurt caused by corrosive substance
  363. § 336B — Punishment for hurt by corrosive substance
  364. § 337 — Shajjah
  365. § 337A — Punishment of shajjah
  366. § 337B — Jurh
  367. § 337C — Jaifah
  368. § 337D — Punishment for jaifah
  369. § 337E — Ghayr-jaifah
  370. § 337F — Punishment of ghayr-jaifah
  371. § 337G — Punishment for hurt by rash or negligent driving
  372. § 337H — Punishment for hurt by rash or negligent act
  373. § 337I — Punishment for causing hurt by mistake (khata)
  374. § 337J — Causing hurt by means of a poison
  375. § 337K — Causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
  376. § 337L — Punishment for other hurt
  377. § 337M — Hurt not liable to qisas
  378. § 337N — Cases in which qisas for hurt shall not be enforced
  379. § 337O — Wali in case of hurt
  380. § 337P — Execution of qisas for hurt
  381. § 337Q — Arsh for single organs
  382. § 337R — Arsh for organs in pairs
  383. § 337S — Arsh for the organs in quadruplicate
  384. § 337T — Arsh for fingers
  385. § 337U — Arsh for teeth
  386. § 337V — Arsh for hair
  387. § 337W — Merger of arsh
  388. § 337X — Payment of arsh
  389. § 337Y — Value of daman
  390. § 337Z — Disbursement of arsh or daman
  391. § 338 — Isqat-i-Hamal(اسقاط حمل)
  392. § 338A — Punishment for Isqat-i-haml
  393. § 338B — Isqat-i-janin (نیاسقاط جن)
  394. § 338C — Punishment for Isqat-i-janin
  395. § 338D — Confirmation of sentence of death by way of qisas or ta’zir, etc
  396. § 338E — Waiver or compounding of offences
  397. § 338F — Interpretation
  398. § 338G — Rules
  399. § 338H — Saving
  400. § 339 — Wrongful restraint
  401. § 340 — Wrongful confinement
  402. § 341 — Punishment for wrongful restrains
  403. § 342 — Punishment for wrongful confinement
  404. § 343 — Wrongful confinement for three or more days
  405. § 344 — Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
  406. § 345 — Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
  407. § 346 — Wrongful confinement in secret
  408. § 347 — Wrongful confinement to extort property or constrain to illegal act
  409. § 348 — Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property.
  410. § 349 — Force
  411. § 350 — Criminal force
  412. § 351 — Assault
  413. § 352 — Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
  414. § 353 — Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
  415. § 354 — Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
  416. § 354A — Assault or use of criminal force to woman and stripping her of her clothes
  417. § 355 — Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave
  418. § 356 — Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a
  419. § 357 — Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
  420. § 358 — Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
  421. § 359 — Kidnapping
  422. § 360 — Kidnapping from Pakistan
  423. § 361 — Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
  424. § 362 — Abduction
  425. § 363 — Punishments for kidnapping
  426. § 364 — Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
  427. § 364A — Kidnapping or abducting a person under the 4[age of fourteen]
  428. § 365 — Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person.
  429. § 365A — Kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable security, etc
  430. § 365B — Kidnapping, abducting or inducting woman to compel for marriage etc
  431. § 366A — Procuration of minor girl
  432. § 366B — Importation of girl from foreign country
  433. § 367 — Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.
  434. § 367A — Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to unnatural lust
  435. § 368 — Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
  436. § 369 — Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its
  437. § 370 — Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
  438. § 371 — Habitual dealing in slaves
  439. § 371B — Buying person for purposes of prostitution, etc
  440. § 372 — [Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
  441. § 373 — [Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
  442. § 374 — Unlawful compulsory labour
  443. § 375 — Rape
  444. § 375A — Gang rape
  445. § 376 — Punishment for rape
  446. § 376A — Disclosure of identity of victim of rape, etc
  447. § 377 — Unnatural offences
  448. § 377A — Sexual abuse
  449. § 377B — Punishment
  450. § 378 — Theft
  451. § 379 — Punishment for theft
  452. § 380 — Theft in dwelling house
  453. § 381 — Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
  454. § 381A — Theft of a car or other motor vehicles
  455. § 382 — Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the
  456. § 383 — Extortion
  457. § 384 — Punishment for extortion
  458. § 385 — Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
  459. § 386 — Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
  460. § 387 — Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion.
  461. § 388 — Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or
  462. § 389 — Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion.
  463. § 390 — Robbery
  464. § 391 — Dacoity
  465. § 392 — Punishment for robbery
  466. § 393 — Attempt to commit robbery
  467. § 394 — Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
  468. § 395 — Punishment for dacoity
  469. § 396 — Dacoity with murder
  470. § 397 — Robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
  471. § 398 — Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
  472. § 399 — Making preparation to commit dacoity
  473. § 400 — Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
  474. § 401 — Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
  475. § 402 — Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
  476. § 402A — Hijacking
  477. § 402B — Punishment for hijacking
  478. § 402C — Punishment for harbouring hijacker, etc
  479. § 403 — Dishonest misappropriation of property
  480. § 404 — Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of
  481. § 405 — Criminal breach of trust
  482. § 406 — Punishment for criminal breach of trust
  483. § 407 — Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
  484. § 408 — Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
  485. § 409 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent.
  486. § 410 — Stolen property
  487. § 411 — Dishonestly receiving stolen property
  488. § 412 — Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a decoity
  489. § 413 — Habitually dealing in stolen property
  490. § 414 — Assisting in concealment of stolen property
  491. § 415 — Cheating
  492. § 416 — Cheating by personation
  493. § 417 — Punishment for cheating
  494. § 418 — Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest
  495. § 419 — Punishment for cheating by personation
  496. § 420 — Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
  497. § 421 — Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent
  498. § 422 — Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
  499. § 423 — Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement
  500. § 424 — Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
  501. § 425 — Mischief
  502. § 426 — Punishment for mischief
  503. § 427 — Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
  504. § 428 — Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees
  505. § 429 — Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc
  506. § 430 — Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water.
  507. § 431 — Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river, or channel
  508. § 432 — Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with
  509. § 433 — Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark.
  510. § 434 — Mischief by destroying or moving etc
  511. § 435 — Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of
  512. § 436 — Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc
  513. § 437 — Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty
  514. § 438 — Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or
  515. § 439 — Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to
  516. § 440 — Mischief committed after preparation made causing death or hurt
  517. § 441 — Criminal trespass
  518. § 442 — House-trespass
  519. § 443 — Lurking house-trespass
  520. § 444 — Lurking house-trespass by night
  521. § 445 — House-breaking
  522. § 446 — House-breaking by night
  523. § 447 — Punishment for criminal trespass
  524. § 448 — Punishment for house-trespass
  525. § 449 — House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
  526. § 450 — House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life.
  527. § 451 — House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.
  528. § 452 — House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
  529. § 453 — Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
  530. § 454 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable
  531. § 455 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or
  532. § 456 — Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
  533. § 457 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence
  534. § 458 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt,
  535. § 459 — Hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
  536. § 460 — Persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
  537. § 461 — Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
  538. § 462 — Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
  539. § 462A — Definition
  540. § 462B — Tampering with petroleum pipelines, etc
  541. § 462C — Tampering with auxiliary or distribution pipelines of petroleum
  542. § 462D — Tampering with gas meter by domestic consumer, etc
  543. § 462E — Tampering with gas meter by Industrial or commercial consumer, etc
  544. § 462F — Damaging or destructing the transmission or transportation lines, etc
  545. § 462G — Definitions
  546. § 462H — Abstraction or tampering etc
  547. § 462I — Abstraction or tampering etc
  548. § 462J — Interference, improper use or tampering with electric meter by domestic consumer,
  549. § 462K — Interference, improper use of tampering with electric meter by industrial or
  550. § 462L — Interference, improper use or tem pering with electric meter by agricultural
  551. § 462M — Damaging or destroying or destructing the transmission lines, distribution
  552. § 462N — Recovery of outstanding amounts from persons involved in section 462H
  553. § 462O — Cognizance
  554. § 462P — Overriding effect
  555. § 463 — Forgery
  556. § 464 — Making a false document
  557. § 465 — Punishment for forgery
  558. § 466 — Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
  559. § 467 — Forgery for valuable security will, etc
  560. § 468 — Forgery for purpose of cheating
  561. § 469 — Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
  562. § 470 — Forged document
  563. § 471 — Using as genuine a forged document
  564. § 472 — Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc
  565. § 473 — Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc
  566. § 474 — Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be
  567. § 475 — Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in
  568. § 476 — Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating, documents other than
  569. § 477 — Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc
  570. § 477A — Falsification of accounts
  571. § 478 — Trade mark
  572. § 479 — Property mark
  573. § 480 — Using a false trade mark
  574. § 481 — Using a false property mark
  575. § 482 — Punishment for using a false trade mark or property mark
  576. § 483 — Counterfeiting a trade mark or property mark used by another
  577. § 484 — Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
  578. § 485 — Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a trade mark or
  579. § 486 — Selling goods marked with a counterfeit trade mark or property mark
  580. § 487 — Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
  581. § 488 — Punishment for making use of any such false mark
  582. § 489 — Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
  583. § 489B — Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
  584. § 489C — Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
  585. § 489D — Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting
  586. § 489E — Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
  587. § 489F — Dishonestly issuing a cheque
  588. § 489G — Counterfeiting or using documents resembling Prize Bonds or
  589. § 491 — Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
  590. § 493 — [Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
  591. § 493A — Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
  592. § 494 — Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
  593. § 495 — Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom
  594. § 496 — Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
  595. § 496A — Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a woman
  596. § 496B — Fornication
  597. § 496C — Punishment for false accusation of fornication
  598. § 497 — [Adultery
  599. § 498 — [Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
  600. § 498A — Prohibition of depriving women from inheriting property
  601. § 498B — Prohibition of forced marriage
  602. § 498C — Prohibition of marriage with the Holy Quran
  603. § 499 — Defamation
  604. § 500 — Punishment for defamation
  605. § 501 — Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
  606. § 502 — Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
  607. § 502A — Trial of offences under this Chapter
  608. § 503 — Criminal intimidation
  609. § 504 — Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
  610. § 505 — Statement conducing to public mischief
  611. § 506 — Punishment for criminal intimidation
  612. § 507 — Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
  613. § 508 — Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the
  614. § 509 — Insulting modesty or causing sexual harassment
  615. § 510 — Misconduct in public by a drunken person
  616. § 511 — Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with 1[imprisonment for

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