\u2014(1) Whoever dishonestly or
with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which
he believes to contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever, being entrusted with any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to
contain property, without having authority to open the same, dishonestly, or with intent to commit
mischief, breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 334.\u00a0\u00a0 Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property. \u2014(1) Whoever dishonestly orwith intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or whichhe believes to contain property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a termwhich may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.(2) Whoever, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-334.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 334","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n