VARIOUS SECTIONS OF INDIAN PENAL CODE WHICH EVERY INDIAN AND PERSONS VISITING INDIA MUST KNOW

Important sections of I.P.C 

Indian Penal Code is the mainstay of criminal law in India. It is applicable to entire India except Jammu & Kashmir (Ranbir Penal Code is applicable here.) The code was drafted by the 1st law commission,in 1860 under Lord Macaulay. This article compiles important sections of I.P.C 

Section of I.P.C	Related Crime
120B	Criminal conspiracy to commit an offence
124A	Sedition
143	A member of unlawful assembly
148	Rioting with deadly weapons
171E	Punishment for bribery
255	Counterfeiting a government stamp
302	Murder
304	Culpable Homicide
304A	Causing death by rash or negligent act
304B	Dowry Death
307	Attempt to murder
308	Attempt to commit culpable homicide
309	Attempt to commit suicide
323	Voluntarily causing hurt
324	Voluntarily causing hurt by grievous weapons
325	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
363	Kidnapping
364	Kidnapping or abducting in order to cause murder
364A	Kidnapping for ransom, etc
376	Rape
377	Unnatural offences
379	Punishment for theft
384	Punishment for extortion
392	Punishment for robbery
395	Punishment for dacotiy
396	Murder with dacoity
406	Criminal breach of trust
417	Punishment for cheating
447	Criminal trespass
465	Punishment for forgery
497	Adultery
498A	Cruelty on women ( Domestic violence Act)
499	Defamation