This section covers dishonestly breaking receptacle in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
Whoever dishonestly or with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 334 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, dishonestly breaking receptacle was covered in S. 461- S. 462.