IPC Section 477 - Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuab le

477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuab le

security.--Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or

to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or

attempts to secrete any document which is or p urports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any

valuable security, or commits mischief in respect of such doc ument, shall be punished with

2[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven

years, and shall also be liable to fine.