Indian Penal Code
IPC 23 is now BNS 2(36), 2(37) and 2(38).
“Wrongful gain” · BNS 2 brings it together with IPC 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52 and 52A. BNS 2(3) and BNS 2(39) are new, with no IPC counterpart.
Merged
19% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 2(36)of section 2
Definitions.
(36) "wrongful gain" means gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled;
Text from India Code