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 Criteria for Serious Criminal Cases  | 
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List of Serious IPCs
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 IPC Section  | 
 Description  | 
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 115  | 
 Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence not committed  | 
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 118  | 
 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life  | 
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 119  | 
 Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent  | 
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 121  | 
 Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India  | 
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 121A  | 
 Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121  | 
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 122  | 
 Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India  | 
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 123  | 
 Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war  | 
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 124  | 
 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power  | 
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 124A  | 
 Sedition  | 
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 125  | 
 Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India  | 
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 126  | 
 Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with the Government of India  | 
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 127  | 
 Receiving Property taken by war on depredation mention in Sections 125 and 126  | 
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 128  | 
 Public servant voluntary allowing prisoner of State or war to escape  | 
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 130  | 
 Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner  | 
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 131  | 
 Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty  | 
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 132  | 
 Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof  | 
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 133  | 
 Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office  | 
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 134  | 
 Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed  | 
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 153A  | 
 Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony  | 
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 153AA  | 
 Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organising, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms  | 
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 153B  | 
 Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration  | 
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 170  | 
 Personating a public servant  | 
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 171B  | 
 Bribery  | 
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 171C  | 
 Undue influence at elections  | 
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 171D  | 
 Personation at elections  | 
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 171E  | 
 Bribery  | 
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 171F  | 
 Undue influence or personation at an election  | 
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 171G  | 
 False statement in connection with an election  | 
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 171H  | 
 Illegal payments in connection with an election  | 
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 171I  | 
 Failure to keep election accounts  | 
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 181  | 
 False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation  | 
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 191  | 
 Giving false evidence  | 
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 192  | 
 Fabricating false evidence  | 
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 193  | 
 False evidence  | 
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 194  | 
 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence  | 
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 195  | 
 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment  | 
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 201  | 
 Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender  | 
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 211  | 
 False charge of offence made with intent to injure  | 
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 212  | 
 Harbouring offender  | 
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 213  | 
 Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment  | 
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 214  | 
 Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender  | 
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 216  | 
 Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered  | 
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 216A  | 
 Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits  | 
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 219  | 
 Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law  | 
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 220  | 
 Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law  | 
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 221  | 
 Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend  | 
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 222  | 
 Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed  | 
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 225  | 
 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person  | 
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 230  | 
 Coin defined  | 
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 231  | 
 Counterfeiting coin  | 
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 232  | 
 Counterfeiting Indian coin  | 
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 233  | 
 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin  | 
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 234  | 
 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin  | 
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 235  | 
 Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin  | 
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 236  | 
 Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin  | 
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 237  | 
 Import or export of counterfeit coin  | 
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 238  | 
 Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin  | 
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 239  | 
 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit  | 
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 240  | 
 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit  | 
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 241  | 
 Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit  | 
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 242  | 
 Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possess thereof  | 
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 243  | 
 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof  | 
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 244  | 
 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law  | 
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 245  | 
 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint  | 
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 246  | 
 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin  | 
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 247  | 
 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin  | 
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 248  | 
 Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description  | 
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 249  | 
 Altering appearance of India coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description  | 
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 250  | 
 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered  | 
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 251  | 
 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered  | 
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 252  | 
 Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof  | 
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 253  | 
 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof  | 
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 254  | 
 Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possess, the deliverer did not know to be altered  | 
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 255  | 
 Counterfeiting Government stamp  | 
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 256  | 
 Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp  | 
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 257  | 
 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp  | 
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 258  | 
 Sale of counterfeit Government stamp  | 
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 259  | 
 Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp  | 
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 260  | 
 Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit  | 
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 261  | 
 Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government  | 
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 262  | 
 Using Government stamp known to have been before used  | 
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 272  | 
 Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale  | 
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 273  | 
 Sale of noxious food or drink  | 
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 274  | 
 Adulteration of drugs  | 
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 275  | 
 Sale of adulterated drugs  | 
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 276  | 
 Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation  | 
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 281  | 
 Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy  | 
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 292  | 
 Sale, etc., or obscene books, etc.  | 
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 293  | 
 Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person  | 
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 295  | 
 Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class  | 
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 295A  | 
 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs  | 
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 299  | 
 Culpable homicide  | 
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 300  | 
 Murder  | 
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 301  | 
 Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended  | 
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 302  | 
 Murder  | 
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 303  | 
 murder by life-convict  | 
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 304  | 
 culpable homicide not amounting to murder  | 
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 304A  | 
 Causing death by negligence  | 
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 304B  | 
 Dowery death  | 
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 305  | 
 Abetment of suicide of child or insane person  | 
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 306  | 
 Abetment of suicide  | 
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 307  | 
 Attempt to murder  | 
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 308  | 
 Attempt to commit culpable homicide  | 
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 311  | 
 Punishment  | 
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 312  | 
 Causing miscarriage  | 
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 313  | 
 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent  | 
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 314  | 
 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage-  | 
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 315  | 
 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth  | 
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 316  | 
 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide  | 
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 317  | 
 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it.  | 
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 318  | 
 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.  | 
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 324  | 
 Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means  | 
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 325  | 
 voluntarily causing grievous hurt  | 
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 326  | 
 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means  | 
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 327  | 
 Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act  | 
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 328  | 
 Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. with intent to commit an offence  | 
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 329  | 
 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act  | 
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 330  | 
 Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property  | 
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 331  | 
 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property  | 
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 332  | 
 Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty  | 
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 333  | 
 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty  | 
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 354  | 
 Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty  | 
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 359  | 
 Kidnapping  | 
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 360  | 
 Kidnapping from India  | 
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 361  | 
 Kidnapping from lawful guardianship  | 
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 362  | 
 Abduction  | 
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 363  | 
 kidnapping  | 
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 363A  | 
 Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging  | 
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 364  | 
 Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder  | 
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 364A  | 
 Kidnapping for ransom, etc.  | 
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 365  | 
 Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person  | 
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 366  | 
 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.  | 
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 366A  | 
 Procreation of minor girl  | 
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 366B  | 
 Importation of girl from foreign country  | 
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 367  | 
 Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.  | 
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 368  | 
 Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person  | 
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 369  | 
 Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person  | 
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 370  | 
 Buying or disposing of any person as slave  | 
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 371  | 
 Habitual dealing in slave  | 
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 372  | 
 Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.  | 
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 373  | 
 Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.  | 
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 375  | 
 Rape  | 
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 376  | 
 rape  | 
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 376B  | 
 Intercourse by public servant with woman is his custody  | 
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 376C  | 
 Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc.  | 
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 376D  | 
 Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital  | 
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 377  | 
 Unnatural offences  | 
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 378  | 
 Theft  | 
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 379  | 
 theft  | 
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 380  | 
 Theft in dwelling house, etc.  | 
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 381  | 
 Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master  | 
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 382  | 
 Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft  | 
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 383  | 
 Extortion  | 
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 384  | 
 extortion  | 
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 386  | 
 Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt  | 
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 387  | 
 Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion  | 
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 388  | 
 Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc.  | 
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 389  | 
 Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion  | 
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 390  | 
 Robbery  | 
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 391  | 
 Dacoity  | 
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 392  | 
 robbery  | 
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 393  | 
 Attempt to commit robbery  | 
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 394  | 
 Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery  | 
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 395  | 
 dacoity  | 
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 396  | 
 Dacoity with murder  | 
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 397  | 
 Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt  | 
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 398  | 
 Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon  | 
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 399  | 
 Making preparation to commit dacoity  | 
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 400  | 
 belonging to gang of dacoits  | 
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 401  | 
 belonging to gang of thieves  | 
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 402  | 
 Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity  | 
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 404  | 
 Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death  | 
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 405  | 
 Criminal breach of trust  | 
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 406  | 
 criminal breach of trust  | 
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 407  | 
 Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.  | 
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 408  | 
 Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant  | 
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 409  | 
 Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent  | 
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 411  | 
 Dishonestly receiving stolen property  | 
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 412  | 
 Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity  | 
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 413  | 
 Habitually dealing in stolen property  | 
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 414  | 
 Assisting in concealment of stolen property  | 
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 420  | 
 Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property  | 
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 429  | 
 Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees  | 
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 430  | 
 Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water  | 
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 431  | 
 Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel  | 
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 432  | 
 Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage  | 
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 433  | 
 Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark  | 
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 435  | 
 Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees  | 
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 436  | 
 Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.  | 
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 437  | 
 Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden  | 
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 438  | 
 the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance  | 
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 439  | 
 intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.  | 
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 440  | 
 Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt  | 
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 449  | 
 House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death  | 
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 450  | 
 House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life  | 
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 451  | 
 House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment  | 
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 452  | 
 House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint  | 
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 453  | 
 lurking house-trespass or house-breaking  | 
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 454  | 
 Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment  | 
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 455  | 
 Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint  | 
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 456  | 
 lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night  | 
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 457  | 
 Lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment  | 
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 458  | 
 Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint  | 
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 459  | 
 Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or house-breaking  | 
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 460  | 
 All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable where death or grievous hurt caused by one of them  | 
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 466  | 
 Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc.  | 
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 467  | 
 Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.  | 
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 468  | 
 Forgery for purpose of cheating  | 
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 472  | 
 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467  | 
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 473  | 
 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise  | 
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 474  | 
 Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine  | 
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 475  | 
 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material  | 
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 476  | 
 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents or electronic record other than those described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material  | 
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 477  | 
 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security  | 
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 477A  | 
 Falsification of accounts  | 
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 489A  | 
 Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes  | 
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 489B  | 
 Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes  | 
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 489C  | 
 Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes  | 
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 489D  | 
 Making or possessing instruments or materials for forgoing or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes  | 
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 493  | 
 Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage  | 
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 494  | 
 Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife  | 
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 495  | 
 Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted  | 
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 496  | 
 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage  | 
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 498A  | 
 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty  | 
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 505  | 
 Statements conducing to public mischief  | 
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 506  | 
 criminal intimidation  | 
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 511  | 
 attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment  | 
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 195A  | 
 Threatening any person to give false information  | 
            
    