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BNS Section 345: Property mark. 345

Section 345 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with property mark. 345. It replaces IPC 479, IPC 480, IPC 481, IPC 482 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 345(3) is non-cognizable and bailable.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
345(3)Using a false property mark with intent to deceive or injure any person.Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.Non-cognizableBailableAny Magistrate

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

Text of BNS Section 345

345. (1) Amark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark.

(2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or goods so marked, or any property or goods contained in any such receptacle so marked, belong to a person to whom they do not belong, is said to use a false property mark.

(3) Whoever uses any false property mark shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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