Offence

Section of the Indian Penal Code applicable

Person by whom offence may be compounded

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2

3

Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person.

298

The person whose religious feelings are intended to be wounded.

Voluntarily causing hurt.

323

The person to whom the hurt is caused.

Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation.

334

Ditto.

Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation.

335

The person to whom the hurt is caused.

Wrongfully restraining or confining any person.

341

The person restrained or confined.

342

Wrongfully confining a person for three days or more

343

The person confined.

Wrongfully confining a person for ten days or more.

344

Ditto.

Wrongfully confining a person in secret.

346

Ditto.

Assault or use of criminal force.

352, 355,

358

The person assaulted or to whom criminal force is used.

Theft.

379

The owner of the property stolen.

Dishonest misappropriation of property.

403

The owner of the property misappropriated.

Criminal breach of trust by a carrier, wharfinger, etc.

407

The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed.

Dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen.

411

The owner of the property stolen.

Assisting in the concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen.

414

Ditto.

Cheating.

417

The person cheated.

Cheating by personation.

419

Ditto.

Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, etc., to prevent distribution among creditors.

421

The creditors who are affected thereby.

Fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender.

422

Ditto.

Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration.

423

The person affected thereby.

Fraudulent removal or concealment of property.

424

Ditto.

Mischief, when the only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to a private person.

426, 427

The person to whom the loss or damage is caused.

Mischief by killing or maiming animal.

428

The owner of the animal

Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc.

429

The owner of the cattle or animal.

Mischief by injury to works of irrigation by wrongfully diverting water when the

only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to private person.

430

The person to whom the loss or damage is caused.

Criminal trespass.

447

The person in possession of the property trespassed upon.

House-trespass.

448

Ditto.

House-trespass to commit an

451

The person in possession of

offence (other than theft) punishable with imprisonment.

the house trespassed upon.

Using a false trade or property mark.

482

The person to whom loss or injury is caused by such use.

Counterfeiting a trade or property mark used by another.

483

Ditto.

Knowingly selling, or exposing or possessing for sale or for manufacturing purpose, goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.

486

Ditto.

Criminal breach of contract of service.

491

The person with whom the offender has contracted.

Adultery.

497

The husband of the woman.

Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.

498

The husband of the woman and the woman

Defamation, except such cases as are specified against section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in column 1 of the Table under sub-section (2).

500

The person defamed.

Printing or engraving matter,

501

Ditto.

Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing it to contain such matter.

502

Ditto.

Insult intended to provoke a breach of the peace.

504

The person insulted.

Criminal intimidation.

506

The person intimidated.

Inducing person to believe himself an object of divine displeasure.

508

The person induced.�;