General Explanations
IPC Section 23 - "Wrongful gain"
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 23 deals with "wrongful gain".
Full official legal text
23. "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/Losing wrongfully .--A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person
retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires 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 w rongfully
deprived of property.
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