THE INDIAN PENAL CODE
ACT NO. 45 OF 1860
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a general Penal Code for [India]; It is
enacted as follows:—
- 1.Title and extent of operation of the Code.—This Act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and
shall 3[extend to the whole of India 4[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]]. - 2.Punishment of offences committed within India.—Every person shall be liable to punishment
under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which
he shall be guilty within 5[India] - 3.Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India.—
Any person liable, by any [Indian law], to be tried for an offence committed beyond 8[India] shall be
dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond 8[India] in the same
manner as if such act had been committed within 5[India].
4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences.—The provisions of this Code apply also to any
offence committed by— - (1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;
(2) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be.]
(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer
resource located in India.] - Explanation.—In this section—
(a) the word “offence” includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in
India, would be punishable under this Code;
(b) the expression “computer resource” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);]
[Illustration]
[who is 4[a citizen of India]], commits a murder in Uganda. He can be tried and convicted of of murder in any place in 5[India] in which he may be found.
5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Act.—Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of
any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers, soldiers, sailors or airmen in the service of the
Government of India or the provisions of any special or local law.]