This document provides an overview of important sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). It lists various sections of the IPC and in some cases provides brief 1-2 sentence descriptions of the offenses covered in those sections. The sections outlined relate to offenses such as waging war against the government of India, unlawful assembly, rioting, promoting enmity between groups, fabricating false evidence, theft, robbery, forgery, and possession of counterfeit currency. In total, over 30 sections of the IPC are listed and in some cases briefly described.
8. 153A
 Promoting enmity between different groups
on grounds of religion, race, place of birth,
residence, language, etc., and doing acts
prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
23. 340
 Wrongful confinement
 there is restraint from proceeding in all directions beyond a certain
area. One may even be wrongfully confined in one's own country where
by a threat issued to a person prevents him from leaving the shores of his
land .
24. 358
 Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
 Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person on grave and sudden provocation
given by that person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with
both.
30. 405
 Criminal breach of trust
 when a person who is entrusted in any manner with property or With dominion
over it, dishonestly misappropriates it, or converts it to his own use, or-dishonestly
uses it or disposes it of in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in
which the trust is to be discharged, or of any lawful contract, express or implied,
made by him touching such discharge, or willfully suffers any other person so to do