Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 420 in BNS
§ 420 IPC→§ 318(4) BNS
Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) corresponds to Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Note: The second most-cited renumbering after 302
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Practise it
Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.
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