IPC · II — GENERAL EXPLANATIONS

Section 23. "Wrongful gain"

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

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 wrongfully deprived of property.

Source: India Code