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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 425

MISCHIEF Whoever with intent to cause, knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage to the public or to

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 425 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - MISCHIEF Whoever with intent to cause, knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage to the public or to. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) A voluntarily burns a valuable security belonging to Z intending to cause wrongful loss to Z.A has committed mischief.

(b) A introduces water into an ice-house belonging to Z and thus causes the ice to melt, intending wrongful loss to Z A has committed mischief.

(c) A voluntarily throws into a river a ring belonging to Z, with the intention of thereby causing wrongful loss to Z.A has committed mischief.

(d) A, knowing that his effects are about to be taken in execution in order to satisfy a debt due from him to Z, destroys those effects, with the intention of thereby preventing Z from obtaining satisfaction of the debt, and of thus causing damage to Z.A has committed mischief.

(e) A, having insured a ship, voluntarily causes the same to be cast away, with the intentionof causing damage to the under writers.A has committed mischief.

(f) A causes a ship to be cast away, intending thereby to cause damage to Z who has lent money or bottomry on the ship.A has committed mischief.

(g) A, having joint property with Z in a horse, shoots the horse, intending thereby to cause wrongful loss to Z. A has committed mischief.

(h) A causes cattle to enter upon a field belonging to Z, intending to cause and knowing that he is likely to cause damage to Z's crop.A has committed mischief.

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What does The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 425 provide?

Section Section 425 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (MISCHIEF Whoever with intent to cause, knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage to the public or to) 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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