“Wrongful loss” is loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Section history
Section 23 — “Wrongful gain” and “wrongful loss”
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 23 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
“Wrongful gain” is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining it is not legally entitled;
“Wrongful loss”
“Wrongful gain” is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining it is not legally entitled; “wrongful loss” is loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Explanation.—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.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 23]
Section 23 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
(1)A “wrongful gain” is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining it is not legally entitled or avoidance by unlawful means of a loss of property to which the person avoiding it is not legally entitled to avoid.
(2)A “wrongful loss” is loss or exposure of risk to a loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it or exposed to the risk of losing it is legally entitled.
Explanation 1.—A person is said to gain wrongfully when the person retains wrongfully, as well as when the person acquires wrongfully. A person is said to lose wrongfully when the person is wrongfully kept out of any property, as well as when the person is wrongfully deprived of property.
Explanation 2.—The word “gain” includes a gain by keeping what one has, as well as a gain by getting what one does not have.
Explanation 3.—The word “loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has.