How Many IPC sections in India

How Many Sections are in IPC?

The code has been written in 23 chapters, which are also classified as 511 IPC sections in the following table.

Chapters	Sections covered	Classification of Crimes/Offences
Chapter 1	Sections 1 to 5	Introduction
Chapter 2	Sections 6 to 52	General Explanations
Chapter 3	Sections 53 to 75	Of Punishments
Chapter 4	Sections 76 to 106	General Exceptions (Sections 96 to 106-General Exceptions of the Right of Private Defence)
Chapter 5	Sections 107 to 120	Of Abetment
Chapter 5A	Sections 120A to 120B	Criminal Conspiracy
Chapter 6	Sections 121 to 130	Of Offences against the State
Chapter 7	Sections 131 to 140	Of Offences relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force
Chapter 8	Sections 141 to 160	Of Offences against the Public Tranquillity
Chapter 9	Sections 161 to 171	Of Offences by or relating to Public Servants
Chapter 9A	Sections 171A to 171I	Of Offences Relating to Elections
Chapter 10	Sections 172 to 190	Of Contempts of Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Chapter 11	Sections 191 to 229	Of False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice
Chapter 12	Sections 230 to 263	Of Offences relating to coin and Government Stamps
Chapter 13	Sections 264 to 267	Of Offences relating to Weight and Measures
Chapter 14	Sections 268 to 294	Of Offences affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals.
Chapter 15	Sections 295 to 298	Of Offences relating to Religion
Chapter 16	Sections 299 to 377	Of Offences affecting the Human Body. Of Offences Affecting Life including murder, and culpable homicide (Sections 299 to 311) Of the Causing of Miscarriage, of Injuries to Unborn Children, of the Exposure of Infants, and the Concealment of Births (Sections 312 to 318) Of Hurt (Sections 319 to 338) Of Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement (Sections 339 to 348) Of Criminal Force and Assault (Sections 349 to 358) Of Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced Labour (Sections 359 to 374) Sexual Offences including rape and Sodomy (Sections 375 to 377)
Chapter 17	Sections 378 to 462	Of Offences Against Property Of Theft (Sections 378 to 382) Of Extortion (Sections 383 to 389) Of Robbery and Dacoity (Sections 390 to 402) Of Criminal Misappropriation of Property (Sections 403 to 404) Of Criminal Breach of Trust (Sections 405 to 409) Of the Receiving of Stolen Property (Sections 410 to 414) Of Cheating (Section 415 to 420) Of Fraudulent Deeds and Disposition of Property (Sections 421 to 424) Of Mischief (Sections 425 to 440) Of Criminal Trespass (Sections 441 to 462)
Chapter 18	Section 463 to 489 -E	Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks Offences relating to Documents (Section 463 to 477-A) Offences relating to Property and Other Marks (Sections 478 to 489) Offences relating to Currency Notes and Bank Notes (Sections 489A to 489E)
Chapter 19	Sections 490 to 492	Of the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
Chapter 20	Sections 493 to 498	Of Offences related to marriage
Chapter 20A	Sections 498A	Of Cruelty by Husband or Relatives of Husband
Chapter 21	Sections 499 to 502	Of Defamation
Chapter 22	Sections 503 to 510	Of Criminal intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
Chapter 23	Section 511	Of Attempts to Commit Offences

About IPC sections.

The IPC section means the Indian Penal Code section. The IPC sections were written by a famous British Historian and Whig Politician called Thomas Babington Macaulay. IPC is a criminal code of India. It came into force in 1862 during crown rule. In 1947, the code was inherited by both India and Pakistan after the partition of British India. After partition, Pakistan changed its name to PPC, known as Pakistan Penal Code. and also it is adopted directly or indirectly by many other countries which are former British colonials.

The punishments classified by the IPC for the offences are:

First--Death;

Secondly--Imprisonment for life;

Thirdly–” Penal servitude;" was rep. by Act 17 of 1949;

Fourthly--Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:-

(1) Rigorous, that is with hard labour;

(2) Simple;

Fifthly.--Forfeiture of property;

Sixthly--Fine.

Important IPC sections

This Act is Aim to provide a general penal code for India. Though not the initial objective, the Act does not repeal the penal laws in force at the time of coming into force in India.

According to Section 377 - Unnatural offences.--Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with [imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

According to section 367 - Kidnapping or abducting to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.--Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person into such a person may be subjected, or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery, or an unnatural lust of any person, or knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Notes

Thomas Babington Macaulay found the Indian Penal Code in 1860.

In chapter 16 sections 299 to 311 are related to the offences of Murder.

The punishments are classified by the IPC to the offences, they are:

First--Death;

Secondly--Imprisonment for life;

Thirdly– ”Penal servitude;" was rep. by Act 17 of 1949;

Fourthly--Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:-

(1) Rigorous, that is with hard labour;

(2) Simple;

Fifthly.--ForfeChapter 9iture of property;

Sixthly--Fine.

Chapter 9 starts from sections 161 to 171 which describes Offences by or relating to Public Servants and Chapter 9A starts from sections 171A to 171I which describes Offences Relating to Elections.

The IPC sections are applied to Jammu and Kashmir by Article 370.