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IPC, 1860
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IPCChapter IISection 24
Section24

“Dishonestly”

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Summary

An act is dishonest when done with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another. It kicks in whenever the doer has that specific intention. Such conduct is treated as dishonest for offences that require dishonesty as an element and can support criminal charges where intent matters.

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Ravi finds a neighbour's unlocked bicycle and takes it intending to sell it so the neighbour loses value and Ravi gains. That intention makes his act dishonest and can support charges like theft or other offences that require dishonesty.

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Whoever does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person, is said to do that thing “dishonestly”.

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II

Chapter II

General Explanations

In this chapter

  • 6Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
  • 7Sense of expression once explained
  • 8Gender
  • 9Number
  • 10“Man” “Woman”
  • 11“Person”
  • 12“Public”
  • 13Definition of “Queen”
  • 14“Servant of Government”
  • 15Definition of “British India”
  • 16Definition of “Government of India”
  • 17“Government”
  • 18“India”
  • 19“Judge”
  • 20“Court of Justice”
  • 21“Public servant”
  • 22“Movable property”
  • 23“Wrongful gain”
  • 24“Dishonestly”
  • 25“Fraudulently”
  • 26“Reason to believe”
  • 27Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
  • 28“Counterfeit”
  • 29“Document”
  • 29A“Electronic record”
  • 30“Valuable security”
  • 31“A will”
  • 32Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
  • 33“Act”. “Omission”
  • 34Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention -
  • 35When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
  • 36Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
  • 37Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
  • 38Persons concerned in criminal Act may be guilty of different offences
  • 39“Voluntarily”
  • 40“Offence”
  • 41“Special law”
  • 42“Local law”
  • 43“Illegal”, “Legally bound to do”
  • 44“Injury”
  • 45“Life”
  • 46“Death”
  • 47“Animal”
  • 48“Vessel”
  • 49“Year”, “Month”
  • 50“Section”
  • 51“Oath”
  • 52“Good faith”
  • 52A“Harbour”
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