Whoever commits mischief shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 months2008one year2008, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 426 — Punishment for committing mischief
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 426 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 426 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten (not yet redlined) — Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
Whoever commits mischief shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 426]