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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 418

CHEATING WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT WRONGFUL LOSS MAY ENSUE TO PERSON WHOSE INTEREST OFFENDER IS BOUND TO PROTECT Whoever

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 418 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - CHEATING WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT WRONGFUL LOSS MAY ENSUE TO PERSON WHOSE INTEREST OFFENDER IS BOUND TO PROTECT Whoever. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 418: CHEATING WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT WRONGFUL LOSS MAY ENSUE TO PERSON WHOSE INTEREST OFFENDER IS BOUND TO PROTECT 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 of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

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Section Section 418 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (CHEATING WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT WRONGFUL LOSS MAY ENSUE TO PERSON WHOSE INTEREST OFFENDER IS BOUND TO PROTECT Whoever) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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