A voluntarily throws into a river a ring belonging to Z, intending to thereby cause wrongful loss to Z.A introduces water into an ice-house belonging to Z and thus causes the ice to melt, intending wrongful loss to Z.A voluntarily burns a valuable security belonging to Z intending to cause wrongful loss to Z.It is sufficient if he intends to cause, or knows that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to any person by injuring any property, whether it belongs to that person or not.Įxplanation 2.-Mischief may be committed by an act affecting property belonging to the person who commits the act, or to that person and others jointly. It is not essential to the offense of mischief that the offender should intend to cause loss or damage to the owner of the property injured or destroyed. In mischief is done with the intentionally causing wrongful damage of loss to the public or any person.Īccording to IPC section 425 Mischief is “Whoever with intent to cause, or knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the public or any person, causes the destruction of any property, or any such change in any property or the situation thereof as destroys or diminishes its value or utility, or affects it injuriously, commits “mischief”.Įxplanation 1. In a common man understanding mischief is interfering with a person from the enjoyment of their property by making demolition of the property in one way or the other. Section 427 to 440, in which gravity of the offense is aggravated owing to the greater value of wrongful loss or damage of the property than in ordinary cases of mischief. Section 426 prescribes the punishment thereof. Mischief is defined in Section 425 and of the Indian Penal Code.
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