IPC Section 378 — Theft

offences against property theft

Criminal

Summary

A person commits theft if they intend to take someone else's movable property without that person's permission, and they actually move the property as part of that taking. The key elements are the dishonest intention to take the property and the act of moving it, even slightly, to carry out that intention.

Official Text

Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft.

Related Provisions

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Related Judgments

  • AVTAR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB — Supreme Court of India (1964)
  • PYARE LAL BHARGAVA vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Supreme Court of India (1962)
  • The State of Maharashtra vs Subhash Namdeo Patil — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2011)
  • Dr. Manoj Bhavarilal Chopda. vs The State of Maharashtra and Another., .., --, Shri Mohan Tekavde a — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2016)
  • TOFAN SINGH vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU — Supreme Court of India (2020)

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