Indian Penal Code in India with brief explanations

1. Section 302: Punishment for murder - Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term up to 30 years.

2. Section 304: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any act with the intention of causing death or with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without premeditation, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 10 years.

3. Section 307: Attempt to murder - Whoever does any act with the intention of causing the death of any person, or with the knowledge that such act is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 10 years.

4. Section 354: Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty - Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years.

5. Section 376: Punishment for rape - Whoever commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 20 years and a fine.

6. Section 420: Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property - Whoever cheats and dishonestly induces the person to deliver any property shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 7 years.

7. Section 497: Adultery - Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 5 years.

8. Section 498A: Cruelty by husband or his relatives - Whoever subjects a woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and fine.

9. Section 500: Punishment for defamation - Whoever defames another shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

10. Section 505: Statements conducing to public mischief - Whoever makes, publishes, or circulates any statement, rumor, or report, with intent to cause or which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public or to any section of the public shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

11. Section 511: Attempt to commit offenses punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment - Whoever attempts to commit any offense punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to half of the maximum punishment provided for that offense.

12. Section 324: Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means - Whoever voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offense, is likely to cause death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

13. Section 325: Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt - Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and/or fine.

14. Section 326: Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means - Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offense, is likely to cause death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 10 years and/or fine.

15. Section 354A: Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment - Whoever commits sexual harassment shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

16. Section 376A: Punishment for causing death or resulting in a persistent vegetative state of the victim of rape - Whoever commits rape which causes the death of the victim or causes the victim to be in a persistent vegetative state shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to life or death.

17. Section 376B: Sexual intercourse by a man with his wife during separation - Whoever has sexual intercourse with his own wife who is living separately from him under a decree of separation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

18. Section 376C: Sexual intercourse by a person in authority - Whoever, being in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship, commits sexual intercourse with a person under his custody or care shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 5 years and/or fine.

19. Section 377: Unnatural offenses - Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to life or imprisonment for a term up to 10 years and/or fine.

20. Section 384: Punishment for extortion - Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

21. Section 395: Punishment for dacoity - Whoever commits dacoity shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to life or rigorous imprisonment for a term up to 10 years and fine.

22. Section 406: Punishment for criminal breach of trust - Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

23. Section 420A: Cheating by personation - Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

24. Section 427: Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees - Whoever causes any damage to the amount of fifty rupees or upwards shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

25. Section 448: Punishment for house-trespass - Whoever commits house-trespass shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 1 year and/or fine.

26. Section 463: Forgery - Whoever makes any false document or part of a document with the intention to cause damage or injury to the public or any person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

27. Section 467: Forgery of valuable security, will, etc. - Whoever forges a document that is valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to life or imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and/or fine.

28. Section 468: Forgery for purpose of cheating - Whoever commits forgery with the intention to cheat shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and/or fine.

29. Section 471: Using as genuine a forged document - Whoever uses a document which he knows or has reason to believe to be forged shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and/or fine.

30. Section 489A: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes - Whoever counterfeits any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to life or imprisonment for a term up to 10 years and fine.

31. Section 489B: Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes - Whoever uses any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note as genuine shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and/or fine.

32. Section 498:Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty - Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

33. Section 498A: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty - Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

34. Section 500: Punishment for defamation - Whoever defames another person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

35. Section 504: Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace - Whoever intentionally insults, with the intention of provoking a breach of the peace, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

36. Section 506: Punishment for criminal intimidation - Whoever criminally intimidates another person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or fine.

37. Section 509: Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman - Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound, or gesture or exhibits any object, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 3 years and/or fine.

38. Section 511: Attempt to commit an offense punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment - Whoever attempts to commit any offense punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, or to cause such an offense to be committed, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offense, or with the punishment provided for that offense, whichever is less.

These are some of the important sections of the Indian Penal Code, and there are many more sections that cover a wide range of offenses. It's important to note that the punishments mentioned above are subject to change based on various factors such as the severity of the offense, the criminal record of the offender, and other circumstances surrounding the crime.