Chapter 2 — General Explanations
Section 23: Wrongful gain
“Wrongful gain”: Wrongful gain is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled. “Wrongful loss”: Wrongful loss is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled. “Gaining wrongfully”: A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires wrongfully. “Losing wrongfully”: A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully kept out of any property, as well as when such person is wrongfully deprived of property.
About The Indian Penal Code, 1860
An Act to provide a general Penal Code for India.