Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury. Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.] [Of currency-notes and The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1862. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.
Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.]
[Of currency-notes and bank-notes
Section 489, The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860).
Now in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury Text carried over almost unchanged 95%
Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.
Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
Referred to by 9
- Andhra Pradesh Excise Act s. 31 Power to cancel or suspend licence, etc
- Assam Excise Act s. 30
- Karnataka Excise Act s. 29 Power to cancel or suspend licence, etc
- Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act s. 20 Power to cancel or suspend permits etc
- Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition and Control) Act s. 21
- Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act s. 21
- Puducherry Excise Act s. 28
- Sikkim Excise Act s. 27
- Telangana Excise Act s. 73
Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Massa Singh vs Union of India
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Matters concerning passport issuance for individuals with pending or concluded criminal investigations should be decided by the trial court in accordance with Central Government Notification No. 570 dated 25.08.1993, rather than by the High Court through writ jurisdiction. The trial court is the appropriate forum to evaluate the applicability of the notification to the specific circumstances of the case.
On this section: Additional charges in the 1992 FIR; Section 411 also cited in the 2014 FIR
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Senaul S/o. Afsar Shaikh vs State of Gujarat
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
When a person is convicted in two separate trials for two distinct offences under two different enactments arising from the same transaction or the same basic criminal act, the court has discretion under Section 427(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code to direct that the sentences shall run concurrently rather than consecutively, particularly where the evidence in both cases is substantially the same and the offences are intimately connected. The exercise of this discretion should be guided by the totality principle, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the offences, the duration of litigation, and the principle that Section 427 is intended to provide amelioration to the prisoner. The single transaction rule applies even when the offences are under different enactments, provided the underlying criminal act is the same.
On this section: Dealing with counterfeit currency notes; offence for which petitioner was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
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Judgments citing this section
These may be obiter dicta or a precedent, for you to study. These are the judgments where this section is quoted.
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… The evidentiary value of the statement of the accused recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act, 1962, produced in evidence by PW2 as Exbt.P-2. was considered in the light of binding precedents and the trial court convicted the accused under section 489-C of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced the accused to undergo R.I for 3 years and pay a fine of 1 lakh in default SI for 6 months. Aggrieved by the conviction and sentenced order the appellant has filed this appeal. 6] Mr. C. Lalfakzuala learned counsel for the appellant submits that the Trial Court had …
Questions about Section 489
What have the courts held on Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code?
Massa Singh vs Union of India (30 Apr 2024) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Additional charges in the 1992 FIR; Section 411 also cited in the 2014 FIR. Another 1 judgment on this section is set out below. They run from 2018 to 2024.
How do I find court cases under Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: IPC 489, section 489 IPC, section 489 of the Indian Penal Code. People searching for it also type ipc 489a and ipc 489 b. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 2 reported judgments on this section are set out on this page, beginning with Massa Singh vs Union of India (30 Apr 2024).
What should I read with Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code, and has it changed?
9 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNS 346 (Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.
When did Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code come into force?
Section 489 of the Indian Penal Code, cited as IPC 489, came into force on 01 Jan 1862, having been enacted on 06 Oct 1860. It is no longer in force.
Other sections of this Act
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- 464. Making a false document1223 words
- 300. Murder1172 words
- 378. Theft980 words
- 108. Abettor745 words
- 403. Dishonest misappropriation of property727 words
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