Explanatory Note

(1) In regard to offences under the Indian Penal Code, the entries in the second and third columns against a section the number of which is given in the first column are not intended as the definition of, and the punishment prescribed for, the offence in the Indian Penal Code, but merely as indication of the substance of the section.

(2) In this Schedule (i) the expression “Magistrate of the first class” and “Any Magistrate” include Metropolitan Magistrates but not Executive Magistrate; (ii) the word “cognizable” stands for “a police officer may arrest without warrant”, and (iii) the word “non‑cognizable” stands for “a police officer shall not arrest without warrant,” Penal Code, but merely as indication of the substance of the section.

I— OFFENCES UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE

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					Section	Offence			Punishment	Cognizable or Non-cognizable		Bailable or Non- bailable	By what Court triable
					CHAPTER V—ABETMENT
					109	Abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment.			Same as for of­fence abetted.	According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable.		According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable	Court by which offence abetted is triable.
					110	Abetment of any offence, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention from that of the abettor.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					111	Abetment of any offence, when one act is abetted and a different act is done; subject to the proviso.			Same for offence intended to be abetted	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					113	Abetment of any offence, when an effect is caused by the act abetted dif­ferent from that intended by the abet­tor.			Same as for of­fence committed.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					114	Abetment of any offence, is abettor is present when offence is committed.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					115	Abetment of an offence, punishable with death or imprisonment for life, if the offence be not committed in conse­quence of the abetment.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto
						If an act which causes harm be done in consequence of the abetment.			Imprisonment for 14 years and fine.	According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable.		Non-bailable	Court by which offence abetted is triable.
					116	Abetment of an offence, punishable with imprisonment, if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment.			Imprisonment ex-tending to a quarter part of the longest term, pro-vided for the of-fence, or fine, or both.		Ditto	According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.	Ditto
						If the abettor or the person abetted be a public servant whose duty it is to pre­vent the offence.			Imprisonment extending to half of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					117	Abetting the commission of an offence by the public, or by more than ten per­sons.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					118	Concealing a design to commit an of­fence punishable with death or impris­onment for life, if the offence be commit­ted.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto
						If the offence be not committed			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto
					119	A public servant concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty  to  prevent,  if  the offence be commit­ted.			Imprisonment ex-tending to half of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable.		According as offence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.	Court by which offence abetted is triable.
						If the offence be punishable with death or imprisonment for life.			Imprisonment for 10 years.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto
						If the offence be not committed.			Imprisonment ex-tending to a quarter part of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto
					120	Concealing a design to commit an of­fence punishable with imprisonment, if offence be committed.			Ditto	Ditto		According as off-ence abetted is bailable or non-bailable.	Ditto
						If the offence be not committed.			Imprisonment ex-tending to one- eighth part of the longest term pro­vided for the offe­nce, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto
					CHAPTER VA—CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
					120B	Criminal conspiracy to commit an offe­nce punishable with death, imprison­ment for life or rigorous imprison­ment for a term of 2 years or upwards.			Same as for abetment of the offence which is the object of the conspiracy.	According as the offence which is the object of con­spiracy is cogni­zable or non-cognizable.		According as offence which is object of conspir­acy is bailable or non-bailable.	Court by which abetment  of the offence which is the object of con­spiracy is triable.
						Any other criminal conspiracy.			Imprisonment for 6 months or fine or both.	Non-cognizable.		Bailable.	Magistrate of the first class.
					CHAPTER VI—OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE
					121	Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war, against the Government of India.			Death or impris­onment for life and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					121A	Conspiring to commit certain offences against the State			Imprisonment for life, or impris­onment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					122	Collecting arms, etc., with the inten­tion of waging war against the Gov­ernment of India			Imprisonment for life, or impris­onment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					123	Concealing with intent to facilitate a design to wage war.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					124.	Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					124A	Sedition.			Imprisonment for life and fine, or imprisonment for 3 years and fine, or fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					125	Waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance or at peace with the Gov­ernment of India, or abetting the waging of such war.			Imprisonment for life and fine, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine, or fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					126	Committing depredation on the territories of any power in alliance or at peace with the Government of India.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine, and forfeiture of certain property.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					127	Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in Sections 125 and 126.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine, and forfeiture of certain property.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					128	Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					129	Public servant negligently suffering prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.			Simple imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					130	Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring, such prisoner, or offering any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					CHAPTER VII—OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE
					131	Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce an officer, soldier, sailor or airman from his allegiance or duty.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					132	Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.			Death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					133	Abetment of an assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in the execution of his office.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					134	Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					135	Abetment of the desertion of an officer, soldier, sailor or airman			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					136	Harbouring   such    an officer, soldier, sailor or airman who has deserted.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					137	Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel, through negligence of master or person in-charge thereof.			Fine of 500 rupees.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					138	Abetment of act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, if the offence be committed in consequence.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					140	Wearing the dress or carrying any token used by a soldier, sailor or airman with intent that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					CHAPTER VIII—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILITY
					143	Being member of an unlawful assembly.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					144	Joining an unlawful assembly armed with any deadly weapon.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					145	Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been commanded to disperse.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					147	Rioting.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					148	Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					149	If an offence be committed by any member of an unlawful assembly, every other member of such assembly shall be guilty of the offence.			The same as for the offence.	According as offence is cognizable or non-cognizable.		According as offence is bailable or non-bailable.	The Court by which the offence is triable.
					150	Hiring, engaging or employing persons to take part in an unlawful assembly.			The same as for a member of such assembly, and for any offence committed by any member of such assembly.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					151	Knowingly joining or continuing in any assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					152	Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					153	Want only giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						If not committed.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					153A	Promoting enmity between classes.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto
						Promoting enmity between classes in place of worship, etc.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					153B	Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If committed in a place of public worship, etc.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					154	Owner or occupier of land not giving information of riot, etc.			Fine of 1,000 rupees.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					155	Person for whose benefit or on whose behalf a riot takes place not using all lawful means to prevent it.			Fine	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					156	Agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit a riot is committed not using all lawful means to prevent it.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					157	Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					158	Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot.			Ditto	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						Or to go armed.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					160	Committing affray			Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 100 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					CHAPTER IX—OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS
					[1]161	Being or expecting to be a public servant, and taking a gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable.	Magistrate of the first class.
					[2]162	Taking a gratification in order, by cor-rupt or illegal means, to influence a public servant.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					[3]163	Taking a gratification for the exercise of personal influence with a public servant.			Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					[4]164	Abetment by public servant of the offences defined in the last two preceding clauses with reference to himself.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					[5]165	Public servant obtaining any valuable thing, without consideration, from a person concerned in any proceeding or business transacted by such public servant.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
				[6]165A		Punishment for abetment of offences punishable under Section 161 or Section 165.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					166	Public servant disobeying a direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person.			Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Ditto
					167	Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					168	Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.			Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					169	Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both and confiscation of property, if purchased.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					170	Personating a public servant.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Any Magistrate.
					171	Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto
					CHAPTER IXA—OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS
					171E	Bribery			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both, or if treating only, fine only.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					171F	Undue influence at an election.			Imprisonment for one year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						Personation at an election.			Ditto	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					171G	False statement in connection with an election.			Fine	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class
					171H	Illegal payments in connection with elections.			Fine of 500 rupees	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					171-I	Failure to keep election accounts.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					CHAPTER X—CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS
					172	Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding from a public servant.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
						If summons or notice require attendance in person, etc., in a Court of Justice.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					173	Preventing the service or the affixing of any summons of notice, or the removal of it when it has been affixed, or preventing a proclamation.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					174	Not obeying a legal order to attend at a certain place in person or by agent, or departing therefrom without authority.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of Rs. 500, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If the order requires personal attendance, etc., in a Court of Justice.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of Rs. 1,000 or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					175	Intentionally omitting to produce a document to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce or deliver such document.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	The Court in which the offence is committed, subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVI; or, if not committed in a Court any Magistrate.
						If the document is required to be produced in or delivered to a Court of Justice.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					176	Intentionally omitting to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give such notice or information.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
						If the notice or information required respects the commission of an offence, etc.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						If the notice or information is required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of Section 356 of this Code.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					177	Knowingly furnishing false information to a public servant.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						If the information required respects the commission of an offence, etc.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					178	Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	The Court in which the offence is committed, subject to the pro-visions of Chapter XXVI; or, if not committed in a Court, any Magistrate.
					179	Being legally bound to state truth, and refusing to answer questions.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					180	Refusing to sign statement made to a public servant when legally required to do so.			Simple imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					181	Knowingly stating to a public servant on oath as true that which is false.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					182	Giving false information to a public servant in order to cause him to use his lawful power to the injury or annoyance of any person.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate
					183	Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					184	Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant.			Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					185	Bidding, by a person under a legal incapacity to purchase it, for property at a lawfully authorised sale, or bidding without intending to perform the obligations incurred thereby.			Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					186	Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					187	Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give such assistance.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
						Wilfully neglecting to aid a public servant who demands aid in the execution of process, the prevention of offences, etc.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					188	Disobedience to an order lawfully pro-mulgated by a public servant, if such dis-obedience causes obstruction, annoyance or injury to persons lawfully employed.			Simple imprison-ment for 1 month, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
						If such disobedience causes danger to human life, health or safety, etc.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					189	Threatening a public servant with injury to him or one in whom he is interested, to induce him to do or forbear to do any official act.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					190	Threatening any person to induce him to refrain from making a legal application for protection from injury.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					CHAPTER XI—FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
					193	Giving or fabricating false evidence in a judicial proceeding.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						Giving or fabricating false evidence in any other case.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					194	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to cause any person to be convicted of capital offence.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
						If innocent person be thereby convicted and executed.			Death, or as above	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					195	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 7 years, or upwards.			The same as for the offence.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					196	Using in a judicial proceeding evidence known to be false or fabricated.			Ditto	Ditto		According as offence of giving such evidence is bailable or non-bailable.	Court by which offence of giving or fabricating false evidence is triable.
					197	Knowingly issuing or signing a false certificate relating to any fact of which such certificate is by law admissible in evidence.			Ditto	Ditto		Bailable	Court by which offence of giving false evidence is triable.
					198	Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point.			The same as for giving or fabricating false evidence.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Court by which the offence is triable.
					199	False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					200	Using as true any such declaration known to be false.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					201	Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it to screen the offender, if a capital offence.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	According as the offence in relation to which dis-appearance of evidence is caused is cognizable or Non-cognizable.		Ditto	Court of Session.
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If punishable with less than 10 years’ imprisonment			Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Court by which the offence is triable.
					202	Intentional omission to give information of an offence by a person legally bound to inform.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					203	Giving false information respecting an offence committed.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					204	Secreting or destroying any document to prevent its production as evidence.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					205	False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in a suit or criminal prosecution, or for becoming bail or security.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					206	Fraudulent removal or concealment, etc., of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine under sentence, or in execution of a decree.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					207	Claiming property without right, or practising deception touching any right to it, to prevent its being taken as a forfeiture, or in satisfaction of a fine under sentence, or in execution of a decree.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					208	Fraudulently suffering a decree to pass for a sum not due, or suffering decree to be executed after it has been satisfied.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					209	False claim in a Court of Justice			Imprisonment for 2 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					210	Fraudulently obtaining a decree for a sum not due, or causing a decree to be executed after it has been satisfied.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					211	False charge of offence made with intent to injure.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If offence charged be punishable with imprisonment for 7 years or upwards			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If offence charged be capital or punishable with imprisonment for life.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					212	Harbouring an offender, if the offence be capital.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for 1 year and not for 10 years.			Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, and of the description, provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					213	Taking gift etc., to screen an offender from punishment if the offence be capital.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.			Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					214	Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender if the offence be capital.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.			Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, pro-vided for the off-ence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					215	Taking gift to help to recover movable property of which a person has been deprived by an offence without causing apprehension of offender.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					216	Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody, or whose apprehension has been ordered, if the offence be capital.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years with or without fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for 1 year and not for 10 years.			Imprisonment for a quarter of the longest term, provided for the offence, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					216A	Harbouring robbers or dacoits.			Rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					217	Public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					218	Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					219	Public servant in a judicial proceeding corruptly making and pronouncing an order, report, verdict, or decision which he knows to be contrary to law.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					220	Commitment for trial or confinement by a person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.			Ditto	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					221	Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend an offender, if the offence be capital.			Imprisonment for 7 years, with or without fine.	According as the offence in relation to which such omission has been made is cognizable or non-cognizable.		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years with or without fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
						If punishable with imprisonment for less than 10 years.			Imprisonment for 2 years with or without fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					222	Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend person under sentence of a Court of Justice if under sentence of death.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 14 years, with or without fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
						If under sentence of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years, or upwards.			Imprisonment for 7 years, with or without fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If under sentence of imprisonment for less than 10 years or lawfully committed to custody.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Ditto
					223	Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					224	Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					225	Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or rescuing him from lawful custody.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						If charged with a capital offence.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If the person is sentenced to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years, or upwards.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If under sentence of death			Imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					225A	Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for : —
						(a) In case of intentional omission or sufferance;			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						(b) In case of negligent omission or sufferance.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					225B	Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					227	Violation of condition of remission of punishment.			Punishment of original sentence, or if part of the punishment has been undergone, the residue.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	The Court by which the original offence was triable.
					228	Intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	The Court in which the offence is committed subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVI.
[7][ 228A							Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences, etc.		Imprisonment for two years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						Printing or publication of a proceeding without prior permission of Court.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.]
					229	Personation of a juror or assessor.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					CHAPTER XII—OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
					231	Counterfeiting, or performing any part of the process of counterfeiting coin.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					232	Counterfeiting, or performing any part of the process of counterfeiting Indian coin.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					233	Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting coin.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					234	Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting coin.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					235	Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate for the first class.
						If Indian coin.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					236	Abetting, in India, the counterfeiting, out of India, of coin.			The punishment provided for abetting the counterfeiting of such coin within India.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					237	Import or export of counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					238	Import or export of counterfeit of Indian coin, knowing the same to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					239	Having any counterfeit coin known to be such when it came into possession, and delivering, etc., the same to any person.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					240	Same  with  respect  to Indian coin.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					241	Knowingly delivering to another any counterfeit coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or 10 times the value of the coin counterfeited, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					242	Possession of counterfeit coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					243	Possession of Indian coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					244	Person employed in a Mint causing coin to be of a different weight or composition from that fixed by law.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					245	Unlawfully taking from a Mint any coining instrument.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					246	Fraudulently diminishing the weight or altering the composition of any coin.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					247	Fraudulently diminishing the weight or altering the composition of Indian coin.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					248	Altering appearance of any coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					249	Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					250	Delivery to another of coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					251	Delivery of Indian coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					252	Possession of altered coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					253	Possession of Indian coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					254	Delivery to another of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered.			Imprisonment for 2 years or fine, or 10 times the value of the coin.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					255	Counterfeiting a Government stamp.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					256	Having possession of an instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					257	Making, buying or selling instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					258	Sale of counterfeit Government stamp.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					259	Having possession of a counterfeit Government stamp.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					260	Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					261	Effacing any writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp, or removing from a document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause a loss to Government.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					262	Using a Government stamp known to have been before used.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					263	Erasure of mark denoting that stamps have been used.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					263A	Fictitious stamps			Fine of 200 rupees	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					CHAPTER XIII—OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
					264	Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					265	Fraudulent use of false weight or measure.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					266	Being in possession of false weights or measures for fraudulent use.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					267	Making or selling false weights or measures for fraudulent use.			Ditto	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					CHAPTER XIV—OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS
					269	Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					270	Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					271	Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					[8]272	Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of Rs. 1,000 or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					273	Selling any food or drink and food as and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					274	Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lesson its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					275	Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					276	Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					277	Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, of 500 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					278	Making atmosphere noxious to health.			Fine of 500 rupees	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					279	Driving or riding on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					280	Navigating any vessel so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					281	Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					282	Conveying for hire any person by water in a vessel in such a state, or so loaded, as to endanger his life.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate
					283	Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation.			Fine of 200 rupees.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					284	Dealing with any poisonous substance so as to endanger human life, etc.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					285	Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					286	So dealing with any explosive substance.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					287	So dealing with any machinery.			Ditto	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					288	A person omitting to guard against probable danger to human life by the fall of any building over which he has a right entitling him to pull it down or repair it.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					289	A person omitting to take order with any animal in his possession, so as to guard against danger to human life, or of grievous hurt, from such animal.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					290	Committing a public nuisance.			Fine of Rs. 200 rupees.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					291	Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.			Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					[9]292	Sale, etc. of obscene books, etc.			On first conviction, with imprisonment for 2 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and, in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for five years, and with fine 5,000 rupees.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					293	Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young persons.			On first conviction, with imprisonment for 3 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					294	Obscene songs			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					294A	Keeping a lottery office			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
						Publishing proposals relating to lotteries.			Fine of 1,000 rupees	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					CHAPTER XV—OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION
					295	Destroying, damaging or defiling a place of worship on sacred object with intent to insult the religion of any class of persons.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					295A	Maliciously insulting the religion or the religious beliefs of any class.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					296	Causing a disturbance to an assembly engaged in religious worship.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					297	Trespassing in place of worship or sculpture, disturbing funeral with intention to wound the feelings or to insult the religion of any person, or offering indignity to a human corpse.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					298	Uttering any word or making any sound in the hearing or making any gesture, or placing any object in the sight of any person, with intention to wound his religious feeling.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					CHAPTER XVI—OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY
					302	Murder			Death, or imprisonment for life, and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					303	Murder by a person under sentence of imprisonment for life			Death	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					304	Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, if act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
						If act is done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, etc.			Imprisonment for 10 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					304A	Causing death by rash or negligent act.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
	[10][304B							Dowry death	Imprisonment of not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.]
					305	Abetment of suicide committed by child, or insane or delerious person or an idiot, or a person intoxicated.			Death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					306	Abetting the commission of suicide.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					307	Attempt to murder			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
						If such act causes hurt to any person.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
						Attempt by life-convict to murder, if hurt is caused.			Death, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					308	Attempt to commit culpable homicide.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If such act causes hurt to any person.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					309	Attempt to commit suicide.			Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					311	Being a thug			Imprisonment for life and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					312	Causing miscarriage			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						If the woman be quick with child.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					313	Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years, and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					314	Death caused by an act done with intent to cause miscarriage.			Imprisonment for 10 years, or fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
						If act done without woman’s consent			Imprisonment for life, or as above.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					315	Act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive, or to cause it to die after its birth.			Imprisonment for 10 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					316	Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					317	Exposure of a child under 12 years of age by parent or person having care of it with intention of wholly abandoning it.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					318	Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					323	Voluntarily causing hurt.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Any Magistrate
					324	Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					325	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					326	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					327	Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or a valuable security, or to constrain to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					328	Administering stupefying drug with intent to cause hurt, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					329	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property or a valuable security, or to constrain to do anything which is illegal, or which may facilitate the commission of an offence.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					330	Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or information, or to compel restoration for property, etc.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					331	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession or information or to compel restoration of property, etc.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					332	Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					333	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					334	Voluntarily causing hurt on grave and sudden provocation not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.			Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					335	Causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.			Imprisonment for 4 years or fine of 2,000 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					336	Doing any act which endangers human life or the personal safety of others.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 250 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					337	Causing hurt by an act which endangers human life, etc.			Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					338	Causing grievous hurt by an act which endangers human life, etc.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					341	Wrongfully restraining any person.			Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					342	Wrongfully confining any person.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					343	Wrongfully confining for three or more days.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					344	Wrongfully confining for 10 or more days.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					345	Keeping any person in wrongful confinement, knowing that a writ has been issued for his liberation.			Imprisonment for 2 years, in addition to imprisonment under any other section.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					346	Wrongful confinement in secret.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					347	Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting property, or constraining to an illegal act, etc.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					348	Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting confession or information, or of compelling restoration of property, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					352	Assault or use of criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					353	Assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					[11]354	Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					355	Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person, otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					356	Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property worn or carried by a person.			Ditto	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					357	Assault or use of criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					358	Assault or use of criminal force on grave and sudden provocation.			Simple imprisonment for one month, or fine of 200 Rs. or both	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
		[12]363				Kidnapping			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class
		363A				Kidnapping or obtaining the custody of a minor in order that such minor may be employed or used for purposes of begging.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Non-bailable	Ditto
						Maiming a minor in order that such minor may be employed or used for purposes of begging.			Imprisonment for life and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session
					364	Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
	[13][364A					Kidnapping for ransom, etc.			Death, or imprisonment for life and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto]
					365	Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class
					366	Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage or to cause her defilement etc.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Court of Session
					366A	Procuration of minor girl			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session
					366B	Importation of girl from foreign country.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					367	Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					368	Concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person.			Punishment for kidnapping or abduction.	Ditto		Ditto	Court by which the kidnapping or abduction is triable
					369	Kidnapping or abducting a child with intent to take property from the person of such child.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class
					370	Buying or disposing of any person as a slave.			Ditto	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Ditto
					371	Habitual dealing in slaves.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session
					372	Selling or letting to hire a minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					373	Buying or obtaining possession of a minor for the same purposes.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					374	Unlawful compulsory labour			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					[14][376	Rape			Imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
						Intercourse by a man with his wife not being under twelve years of age.			Imprisonment for two years or fine or both.	Non cognizable		Bailable	Ditto.
					376A	Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation.			Imprisonment for two years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto.	Ditto.
					376B	Intercourse by public servant with woman in his custody.			Imprisonment for five years and fine.	Cognizable (but no arrest shall be made without a warrant or without an order of a Magistrate)		Ditto	Ditto.
					376C	Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc.			Imprisonment for five years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					376D	Intercourse by manager, etc. of a hospital with any woman in that hospital.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					377	Unnatural offences			Imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 years and fine	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					CHAPTER XVII—OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY
					379	Theft			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					380	Theft in a building, tent or vessel			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					381	Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master or employer.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					382	Theft, after preparation having been made for causing death, or hurt, or restraint, or fear or death, or of hurt, or of restraint, in order to the committing of such theft, or to retiring after committing it, or to retaining property taken by it.			Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					384	Extortion			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					385	Putting or attempting to put in fear of injury, in order to commit extortion.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto.
					386	Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					387	Putting or attempting to put a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					388	Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					389	Putting a person in fear of accusation of an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years in order to commit extortion.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
						If the offence be an unnatural offence.			Imprisonment for life	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					392	Robbery			Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto.
						If committed on the high way between sunset and sunrise.			Rigorous imprisonment for 14 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					393	Attempt to commit robbery.			Rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					394	Person voluntarily causing hurt in committing or attempting to commit robbery, or any other person jointly concerned in such robbery.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					395	Dacoity			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					396	Murder in dacoity			Death, imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					397	Robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.			Rigorous imprisonment for not less than 7 years.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					398	Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					399	Making preparation to commit dacoity.			Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					400	Belonging to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					401	Belonging to a wandering gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing thefts.			Rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					402	Being one of five or more persons assembled for the purpose of committing dacoity.			Rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
					403	Dishonest misappropriation of movable property, or converting it to one’s own use.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					404	Dishonest misappropriation of property, knowing that it was in possession of a deceased person at his death, and that it has not since been in the possession of any person legally entitled to it.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If by clerk or person employed by deceased.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					406	Criminal breach of trust.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine, or both.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					407	Criminal breach of trust by a carrier, wharfinger, etc.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					408	Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					409	Criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					411	Dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					412	Dishonestly receiving stolen property, knowing that it was obtained by dacoity.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					413	Habitually dealing in stolen property.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					414	Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate
					417	Cheating			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Ditto.
					418	Cheating a person whose interest the offender was bound, either by law or by legal contract, to protect.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					419	Cheating by personation			Ditto	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					420	Cheating and thereby dishonestly inducing delivery of property, or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					421	Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, etc., to prevent distribution among creditors.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					422	Fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					423	Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing a false statement of consideration.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					424	Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, of himself or any other person or assisting in the doing thereof, or dishonestly releasing any demand or claim to which he is entitled.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					426	Mischief			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					427	Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount of 50 rupees or upwards.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					428	Mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering unless any animal of the value of 10 rupees or upwards.			Ditto	Ditto		Cognizable	Ditto.
					429	Mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any elephant, camel, horse etc., whatever may be its value, or any other animal of the value of 50 rupees or upwards.			Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					430	Mischief by causing diminution of supply of water for agricultural purposes, etc.			Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					431	Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, navigable river, or navigable channel, and rendering  it impassable or less safe for travelling or conveying property.			Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					432	Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					433	Mischief by destroying or moving or rendering less useful a lighthouse or seamark, or by exhibiting false lights.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					434	Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a landmark fixed by public authority.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					435	Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to an amount of 100 rupees or upwards, or in case of agricultural produce, 10 rupees or upwards.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					436	Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					437	Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or a vessel of 20 tonnes burden.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
					438	The mischief described in the last section when committed by fire or any explosive substance.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					439	Running vessel ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					440	Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death, or hurt, etc.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					447	Criminal trespass			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 500 rupees, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					448	House-trespass			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine of 1000 Rs. or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					449	House trespass in order to the commission  of  an offence punishable with death.			Imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-Bailable	Court of Session.
					450	House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					451	House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment.			Imprisonment for 2 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
						If the offence is theft.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					452	House-trespass, having made preparation for causing hurt, assault, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					453	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking.			Imprisonment for 2 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					454	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
						If the offence be theft			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					455	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation made for causing hurt, assault, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					456	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					457	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
						If the offence is theft.			Imprisonment for 14 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					458	Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night, after preparation made for causing hurt, etc.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					459	Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					460	Death or grievous hurt caused by one of several persons jointly concerned in house-breaking by night, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					461	Dishonestly breaking open or unfastening any closed receptacle containing or supposed to contain property.			Imprisonment for 2 years or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					462	Being entrusted with any closed receptacle containing or supposed to contain any property, and fraudulently opening the same.			Imprisonment for 3 years or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto.
					CHAPTER XVIII—OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS
					465	Forgery			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					466	Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Non-Bailable	Ditto.
					467	Forgery of a valuable security, will or authority to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive any money, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
						When the valuable security is a promissory note of the Central Government.			Ditto	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					468	Forgery for the purpose of cheating			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					469	Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto.
					471	Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.			Punishment for forgery of such document.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
						When the forged document is a promissory note of the Central Government.			Punishment for forgery of such document.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					472	Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable under Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, place, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
					473	Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable otherwise than under Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, plate, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					474	Having possession of a document, knowing it to be forged, with intent to use it as genuine; if the document is one of the description mentioned in Section 466 of the Indian Penal Code.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
						If the document is one of the description mentioned in Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					475	Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing counterfeit marked material.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					476	Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing counterfeit marked material.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					477	Fraudulently destroying or defacing, or attempting to destroy or deface, or secreting, a will, etc.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Non-Bailable	Magistrate of the fist class.
					477A	Falsification of accounts.			Imprisonment for 7 years or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto.
					482	Using a false property mark with intent to deceive or injure any person.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					483	Counterfeiting a property mark used by another, with intent to cause damage or injury.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					484	Counterfeiting a property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality, etc., of any property.			Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
					485	Fraudulently making or having possession of any die, plate or other instrument for counterfeiting any public or private property mark.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					486	Knowingly selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					487	Fraudulently making a false mark upon any package or receptacle containing goods, with intent to cause it to be believed that it contains goods, which it does not contain, etc.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					488	Making use of any such false mark.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					489	Removing, destroying or defacing property mark with intent to cause injury.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					489A	Counterfeiting currency notes or bank-notes.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable		Non-bailable	Court of Session.
					489B	Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					489C	Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Bailable	Court of Session.
					489D	Making or possessing machinery, instrument or material for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.			Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Non-bailable	Ditto.
					489E	Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.			Fine of 100 rupees.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					490	On refusal to disclose the name and address of the printer.			Fine of 200 rupees.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					CHAPTER XIX—CRIMINAL BREACH OF CONTRACTS OF SERVICE
					491	Being bound to attend on or supply the wants of a person who is helpless from youth, unsoundness of mind or disease, and voluntarily omitting to do so.			Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 200 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					CHAPTER XX—OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE
					493	A man by deceit causing a woman not lawfully married to him and to cohabit with him in that belief.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Non-cognizable		Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					[15]494	Marrying again during the life time of a husband or wife.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Bailable	Ditto.
					[16]495	Same offence with concealment of the former marriage from the person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted.			Imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					[17]496	A person with fraudulent intention going through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married.			Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					[18]497	Adultery			Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					498	Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					[19][CHAPTER XXA—OF CRUELTY BY HUSBAND OR RELATIVES OF HUSBAND
					498A	Punishment for subjecting a married woman to cruelty.			Imprisonment for three years and fine.	Cognizable if information relating to the commission of the offence is given to an office in charge of a police station by the person aggrieved by the offence or by any person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption or if there is no such relative by any public servant belonging to such class or category as may be notified by the State Government in this behalf.		Non-Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.]
					CHAPTER XXI—DEFAMATION
					500	Defamation against the President or the Vice-President or the Governor of a State or Administrator of a Union Territory or a Minister in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions when instituted upon a complaint made by the Public Prosecutor.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Court of Session.
						Defamation in any other case.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
			501(a)			Printing or engraving matter knowing it to be defamatory against the President or the Vice-President or the Governor of a State or Administrator of Union Territory of a Minister in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions when instituted upon a complaint made by the Public Prosecutor.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session
					(b)	Printing or engraving matter knowing it to be defamatory, in any other case.			Simple imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
		502(a)				Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing to it contain such matter against the President or the Vice-President or the Governor of a State or Administrator of a Union Territory or a Minister in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions when instituted upon a complaint made by the Public Prosecutor.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Court of Session.
					(b)	Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing to it contain such matter in any other case.			Ditto	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto
					CHAPTER XXII—CRIMINAL INTIMIDATIONS, INSULT AND ANNOYANCE
					504	Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace.			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate.
					505	False statement, rumour, etc., circulated with intent to cause mutiny or offence against the public peace.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Non-Bailable	Any Magistrate
						False statement, rumour, etc., with intent to create enmity, hatred or ill will between different classes.			Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Ditto	Ditto
						False statement, rumour, etc., made in place of worship, etc., with intent to create enmity, hatred or ill-will.			Imprisonment for 5 years and fine.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					[20]506	Criminal intimidation			Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Ditto.
						If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.			Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable		Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
					507	Criminal intimidation by anonymous communication or having taken precaution to conceal whence the threat comes.			Imprisonment for 2 years, in addition to the punishment under above section.	Ditto		Ditto	Ditto.
					508	Act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.			Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto		Ditto	Any Magistrate.
					509	Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc.			Simple imprison-ment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Cognizable		Bailable	Any Magistrate
					510	Appearing in a public place, etc., in a state of intoxication, and causing annoyance to any person.			Simple imprison-ment for 24 hours, or fine or 10 rupees, or both.	Non-cognizable		Ditto	Ditto.
					CHAPTER XXIII—ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES
					511	Attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, and in such attempt doing any act towards the commission of the offence.			Imprisonment for life, or imprison-ment not exceeding half of the longest term, pro-vided for the off-ence, or fine, or both.	According as the offence is cognizable or non-cognizable.		According as the offence attempted by the offender is bailable or not.	The court by which the offence attempted is triable.

II—CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE AGAINST OTHER LAWS

Offence	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what Court triable
If punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for more than 7 years.	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of Session
If punishable with imprisonment for less than 3 years or with fine only.	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate

n-cognizable’ the words ‘cognizable’ substituted and in column 5 for the word ‘bailable’ the words ‘non-bailable’ substituted. [vide Notification No. 777/VIII9-4(2)87 dated 31.2.1989]

 

 

[1] Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988. Sec. 31

[2] Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988. Sec. 31

[3] Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988. Sec. 31

[4]  Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988, Sec. 31

[5] Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988. Sec. 31

[6] Section 161 to 165A repealed by Act No. 49 of 1988. Sec. 31

[7]  Ins. by Act No. 43 of 1983, Sec. 5 (a).

[8] Uttar Predesh—For the existing entries against above sections the following substituted [Vide U.P. Act No. 47 of 1993]

 

Section	Offence	Punishable	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what Court triable
272	Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.	Imprisonment for life, with or without fine	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of session
273	Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
274	Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
275	Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary and drugs or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
276	Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

 

[9]

West Bengal—Same as in Uttar Pradesh. [Vide West Bengal Act No. 34 of 1974]   Tamil Nadu—For the existing entries against Section 292A and 293 the following substituted.  [Vide Tamil Nadu Act No. 30 of 1984]
Section	Offence	Punishment	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what Court trial
292A	Printing, etc., of grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail	Imprisonment of either description for two years, or fine or both.	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate
293	Sale, etc. of absences objects to young persons.	On first conviction with imprisonment for 3 years, and fine of 2,000 rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with Imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees	Cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate

 

[10]   Ins. by Act No. 43 of 1986, Sec. 11 (w.e.f. 19-11-1986).

[11]

Andhra Pradesh—For entries against section 354 and 355 the following substituted [Vide A.P. Act No. 3 of 1992]
Section	Offence punishment	Punishment	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non bailable	By what Court triable
354	Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty	Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Cognizable	Non-bailable Court	Court of Session
355	Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person, otherwise than on grave sudden provocation.	Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any magistrate

 

[12]

Uttar Pradesh—For entries against section 363 in column 5 for the words ‘Bailable’ the words Non-bailable’ substituted                                    [U.P. Act No. 1 of 1984.] [U.P. Act No. 1 of 1984.]
Section	Offence	Punishment	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what Court triable
363A	Kidnapping or obtaining the custody or a minor in order that such monor may be employed or used for purposes of begging.  Maiming a minor may be employed or used for purposes of begging.	Imprisonment for 10 years and fine. Imprisonment for life and fine.	Cognizable Ditto	Non-bailable Ditto	Magistrate of the first class. Court of Secssion.

[13]. Ins. by Act No. 42 1993, Sec. 4 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

[14]. Subs. by Act No. 43 of 1983, Sec. 5, for the entries relating to Section 376.

[15] Section 494

Andhra Pradesh—Against the entries relating to section 494 in column 4 for the words ‘non-cognizable’ the words ‘cognizable’ substituted and in column 5 for the words ‘bailable’ the words ‘non-bailable’ substituted. [vide A.P. Act No. 3 of 1992]
[16]

Section 495

Andhra Pradesh—Against the tries relating to section 495 in column 4 for the words ‘non-cognizable’ the words ‘cognizable’ substituted and in column 5 for the words ‘bailable’ the words ‘non-bailable’ substituted.           [vide A.P. Act No. 3 of 1992]

[17] Section 496

Andhra Pradesh—Against the entries relating to section 496 in column 4 for the words ‘non-cognizable’ the words ‘cognizable’ substituted and in column 5 for the words ‘bailable’ the words ‘non-bailable’ substituted.  [vide A.P. Act No. 3 of 1992]
[18] Section 497

Abdhra Pradesh—Against entries relating to section 497 in column 4 for the words ‘non-cognizable’ the words ‘cognizable’ substituted and in column 5 for the words ‘bailable’ the wrids ‘non-bailable’ substituted.             [vide A.P. Act No. 3 of 1992]

[19]. Ins. by Act No. 46 of 1983, Sec. 6.

[20] Section 506

Uttat Pradesh—Againt entires relating to section 506 in column 4 for the words ‘no