BNS 334 — Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

334.  (1)  Whoever  dishonestly  or  with  intent  to  commit  mischief,
breaks open or unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which he
believes to contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with
both.
(2)  Whoever,  being  entrusted  with  any  closed  receptacle  which
contains or which he believes to contain property, without having authority
to open the same, dishonestly, or with intent to commit mischief, breaks
open or unfastens that receptacle, 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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