Of Offencesagainst Property
IPC Section 418 - Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 418 deals with cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is.
Full official legal text
418. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is
bound to protect.--Whoever cheats with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause wrongful loss
to a person whose interest in the transaction to which the cheating relates, he was bound, either by law, or
by a legal contract, to protect, 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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