OFFENCES AGAINST SECTIONS DEFINITION PUNISHMENT

PROPERTY Section
378 – Section 460
THEFT 380. Theft in 378. Theft.—Whoever, intending to take 379. Punishment for
dwelling house, dishonestly any moveable property out of the theft.—Whoever
etc.— possession of any person without that person’s commits theft shall be
381. Theft by consent, moves that property in order to such punished with
clerk or servant taking is said to commit theft imprisonment of either
of property in description for a term
possession of which may extend to
master.— three years, or with
382. Theft after fine, or with both.
preparation .
made for
causing death,
hurt, or
restraint in
order to the
committing of
the theft
EXTORTION Section 383 Whoever intentionally puts any Section 384 of IPC
Section 386 to person in fear of any injury to that person, or to Whosoever commits
389 deals with any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the extortion shall be
aggravated person so put in fear to deliver to any person any punished with
forms of property or valuable security, or anything signed imprisonment of either
Extortion. or sealed which may be converted into a valuable description or which
security, commits “extortion” may extend up to
three years or with a
fine or with both
ROBBERY Section 390 Section 390 According to Section
Section 392 Robbery.—In all robbery, there is either theft or 392; Whosoever
extortion. commits robbery, the
When theft is robbery.—Theft is “robbery” if, in punishment for it is
order to the committing of the theft, or in rigorous imprisonment
committing the theft, or in carrying away or for a term which may
attempting to carry away property obtained by extend to ten years
the theft, the offender, for that end, voluntarily and also involves a
causes or attempts to cause to any person death fine.
or hurt or wrongful restraint, or fear of instant
death or of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful This punishment
restraint. extends up to fourteen
When extortion is robbery.—Extortion is years if the offender
“robbery” if the offender, at the time of commits robbery on
committing the extortion, is in the presence of the highways between the
person put in fear, and commits the extortion by sunset and sunrise.
putting that person in fear of instant death, of
instant hurt, or of instant wrongful restraint to For attempting to
that person or to some other person, and, by so commit robbery, the
putting in fear, induces the person so put in fear punishment is rigorous
then and there to deliver up the thing extorted imprisonment of seven
years and fine also.
DACOITY Section 391 Section 391 of IPC states that when five or more Section 395 of IPC
Section 395 persons conjointly commits or attempts to commit Whoever commits
robbery, it is said to be dacoity. dacoity will be liable
for punishment
includes life
imprisonment or
rigorous imprisonment
which may extend to
ten years and fine also

CRIMINAL Section 403  403. Dishonest misappropriation of property.— imprisonment of either

MISAPPROPIRATION Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts description for a term
OF PROPERTY to his own use any movable property, shall be which may extend to
punished with imprisonment of either description two years, or with fine,
for a term which may extend to two years, or with or with both.
fine, or with both
CRIMINAL BREACH Section 405 405. Criminal breach of trust.—Whoever, being in Section 406 of IPC
OF TRUST Section 406 any manner entrusted with property, or with any Any person who
dominion over property, dishonestly commits criminal
misappropriates or converts to his own use that breach of trust shall be
property, or dishonestly uses or disposes of that punished with
property in violation of any direction of law imprisonment either
prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be description for a term
discharged, or of any legal contract, express or which may extend up
implied, which he has made touching the to three years, or with
discharge of such trust, or wilfully suffers any fine, or with both.
other person so to do, commits “criminal breach
of trust”.
Receiving stolen Section 410 It states that a person having any property whose
property possession has been transferred through theft,
extortion, or robbery and that property has been
criminally misappropriated or in respect of which
criminal breach of trust has been committed will
be considered as stolen property. Transfer of
property has been done, or property’s
misappropriation has been done, or breach of
trust has been committed, within India or without
India. 

CHEATING Section 416 of Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or

IPC defines dishonestly induces the person so deceived to Section 417 of IPC
cheating by deliver any property to any person or to consent deals with punishment
personation that any person shall retain any property, or for cheating
intentionally induces the person so deceived to do Any person who is
Section 417 of or omit to do anything which he would not do or guilty of cheating will
IPC deals with omit if he were not so deceived, and which act or be punished with the
punishment for omission causes or is likely to cause damage or imprisonment of either
cheating harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or description which may
property, is said to cheat. extend to one year, or
Section 419 of Section 416 of IPC defines cheating by fine, or with both.
IPC deals with personation
 punishment for It can be defined as where a person cheats by Section 419 of IPC
cheating by pretending to be some other person, or knowingly deals with punishment
personation substituting another person and pretending to be for cheating by
that other person or representing that other personation
Section 420 of person, said to be cheating by personation Any person who is
IPC deals with Section 420 of IPC deals with cheating and guilty of cheating by
cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property personation will be
dishonestly punished with the
inducing imprisonment of either
delivery of description which may
property extend to three years,
or fine, or with both.

Mischief Section 427 to 425. Mischief.—Whoever with intent to cause, or Section 426 of IPC
Section 440 of knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or As per this Section, any
IPC deals with damage to the public or to any person, causes the person who commits
the more destruction of any property, or any such change in mischief shall be
aggravated any property or in the situation thereof as punished with the
offences, they destroys or diminishes its value or utility, or imprisonment of either
are classified affects it injuriously, commits “mischief” description which may
into 7 types extend to three
months, or fine, or
with both.
CRIMINAL TRESPASS  sections 441 to Section 441 of IPC deals with Criminal Trespass Section 447 of IPC
460.  It refers to an unlawful entry made by a person deals with punishment
into a private property of another person, with an for Criminal Trespass
intention to commit an offence or to intimidate Any person who
that person or to annoy or insult the person in commits criminal
whose possession the property is. An entry taken trespass will be
by the person was legal but he unlawfully remains punished with the
there with an intention to insult or annoy or imprisonment of either
intimidate that person and is said to commit description which may
criminal trespass. extend to three
Section 442 of IPC deals with House trespass months, or with fine,
Any person who commits criminal trespass while or with both.
entering or remaining into a building or a vessel or
a tent, and that place used as a human dwelling or Section 448 of IPC
a building as a place of worship or any place used deals with punishment
as custody of a property, is said to commit house- for House Trespass
trespass. Any person who
commits house-
trespass will be
punished with the
imprisonment of either
description which may
extend to one year, or
with fine, or with both.