[There are no sections 13 to 16.]
[There is no section 18.]
[There are no sections 55 and 56.]
[There are no sections 58 to 70.]
General
Right of private defence of body
Right of private defence of property
No right of private defence
[There are no sections 244 and 245.]
Offences affecting life
[There is no section 303.]
Causing miscarriage; injuries to unborn children; exposure of infants; and concealment of births
Hurt
Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Criminal force and assault
Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour
Sexual offences
Theft
Extortion
Robbery and gang-robbery
[There is no section 398.]
Criminal misappropriation of property
Criminal breach of trust
Receiving stolen property
Cheating
Fraudulent deeds and dispositions of property
Mischief
Criminal trespass
[There are no sections 478 to 489.]
Currency and bank notes
[There is no Chapter 19.]
[There is no section 497.]
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Cheating |
415. Whoever, by deceiving any person, whether or not such deception was the sole or main inducement, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver or cause the delivery of any property to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit to do if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to any person in body, mind, reputation or property, is said to “cheat”.
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Cheating by personation |
416. A person is said to “cheat by personation”, if he cheats by pretending to be some other person, or by knowingly substituting one person for another, or representing that he or any other person is a person other than he or such other person really is.
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Illegally obtained personal information |
Punishment for cheating |
417. Whoever cheats shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both. |
Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect |
418. Whoever cheats with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause wrongful loss to a person whose interest, in the transaction to which the cheating relates, he was bound either by law or by a legal contract to protect shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both. |
Punishment for cheating by personation |
419. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both. |
Cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property |
420. Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver or cause the delivery of any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine. [15/2019] |
Obtaining services dishonestly or fraudulently |
420A.—(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he obtains services for himself or another person dishonestly or fraudulently and —
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