INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
461. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
334. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
461. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.--
Whoever dishonestly or with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or
unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to
contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
334. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.—(1) Whoever dishonestly or
with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which
he believes to contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever, being entrusted with any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to
contain property, without having authority to open the same, dishonestly, or with intent to commit
mischief, breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023