IPC Section 433 — Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark

Summary

A person commits an offence under this section if they cause damage to or move a lighthouse, sea-mark, buoy, or any other object placed as a navigational guide, or do any act that makes such a guide less useful for sailors. The punishment for this offence can be imprisonment for up to seven years, a fine, or both.

Official Text

Whoever commits mischief by destroying or moving any light-house or other light used as a sea-mark, or any sea-mark or buoy or other thing placed as a guide for navigators, or by any act which renders any such light-house, sea-mark, buoy or other such thing as aforesaid less useful as a guide for navigators, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

Related Judgments

• STATE REP. BY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBI, VISHAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH v. V. JA YACHANDRA @ EZHU VIRAL AND ORS. — Supreme Court of India (1997)
• STATE OF WEST BENGAL v. ASHOK DEY & — Supreme Court of India (1972)
• S.C.R. 656 A BENJAMIN ,I v. STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• SHYAMAL MONDAL v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL September 1 — Supreme Court of India (1972)
• ... Petitioner in WP(MD)8678/18 vs 1.The District Collector, — Madras High Court ()
• CRL A(MD)/262/2016 — Madras High Court ()
• ANANTA MUKHI v. WEST BENGAL — Supreme Court of India (1972)
• S.C.R. THE STATE OF HARYANA & ORS v. RAJ KUMAR @ BITTU (Criminal Appeal No. 721 of — Supreme Court of India (2021)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §326 — Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc