Indian Penal Code, 1860 came into force on 1st day of January, 1862. it is a substantive law. It is, sub-divided into 23 chapters, comprises 511 sections.
Total Section: 511
Important Sections are:
Section 1 – Title and extent of operation of the Code.
Section 2 – Punishment of offences committed within India.
Section 3 – Punishment of offences committed beyond but which by law may be tried within India.
Section 19 to 26 – “Judge”, “Court of Justice”, “Public Servant”, “Movable property”, “Wrongful gain”, “Wrongful loss”, “Gaining wrongfully, losing wrongfully”, “Dishonestly”, “Fraudulently”, “Reason to believe”.
Section 34 – Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
Section 35 – When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention.
Section 36 – Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.
Section 37 – Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence.
Section 38 – Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences.
Section 40 – “Offence”.
Section 52 – “Good faith”.
Section 53 – Punishment.
Section 73 – Solitary confinement.
Section 76 to 106 – CHAPTER IV (76-106) – General Exceptions
Section 107 to 120 – CHAPTER V (107-120) – Abetment
Section 120A – Definition of criminal conspiracy.
Section 120B – Punishment of criminal conspiracy.
Section 121 – Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India.
Section 124A – Sedition.
Section 141 – Unlawful assembly.
Section 143 – Punishment.
Section 146 – Rioting.
Section 147 – Punishment for rioting.
Section 149 – Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.
Section 159 – Affray.
Section 179 – Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
Section 182 – False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person.
Section 191 – Giving false evidence.
Section 268 – Public nuisance.
Section 292 – Sale, etc, of obscene books, etc.
Section 293 – Sale, etc, of obscene objects to young person.
Section 294 – Obscene acts and songs.
Section 295 – Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.
Section 295A – Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
Section 299 – Culpable homicide to Section 309 – Attempt to commit suicide.
Section 319 – Hurt to Section 338 – Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others.
Section 339 – Wrongful restraint.
Section 340 – Wrongful confinement.
Section 349 – Force.
Section 350 – Criminal force.
Section 351 – Assault.
Section 354 – Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
Section 354A – Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment.
Section 354B – Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
Section 359 – Kidnapping.
Section 362 – Abduction.
Section 375 – Rape.
Section 376 – Punishment for rape.
Section 376D – Gang rape.
Section 376DA – Punishment for gang rape on woman under sixteen years of age.
Section 376DB – Punishment for gang rape on woman under twelve years of age.
Section 376E – Punishment for repeat offenders.
Section 377 – Unnatural offences.
Section 378 – Theft.
Section 383 – Extortion.
Section 390 – Robbery.
Section 391 – Dacoity.
Section 403 – Dishonest misappropriation of property.
Section 405 – Criminal breach of trust.
Section 415 – Cheating.
Section 420 – Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.
Section 425 – Mischief.
Section 441 – Criminal Trespass to Section 446 – House-breaking by night.
Section 493 – Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage.
Section 497 – Adultery.
Section 498 – Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
Section 498A – Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband.
Section 499 – Defamation.
Section 503 – Criminal intimidation.
Section 506 – Punishment for criminal intimidation.
Section 509 – Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
Section 511 – Attempts to commit offences.