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IPC Section 462 - Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
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IPC Section 462 deals with punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody.
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462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
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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