# Judgments construing Section 426 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

8 judgments in this corpus construe Section 426 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Punishment for mischief, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/426

Showing 1–8 of 8, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 426 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/426) — Punishment for mischief

## The judgments

- [[1964] 3 S.C.R. 742](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/supre-me-court-reports-1964-vol-the-state-of-andhra-pradesh-v-n-venugopal-and-3021) — cited by 5 · names the section once, first at printed page 11
- [[1964] 1 S.C.R. 775](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kishon-l-hander-v-slate-of-madhy-pradesh-2813) — cited by 3 · names the section once, first at printed page 4
- [Nisha Kushwaha v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/nisha-kushwaha-v-state-of-u-p-anr-53264) — (2025) 4 ILRA 800 · cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 6
- [Nanhak & Ors v. State](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/nanhak-ors-v-state-52034) — (2024) 5 ILRA 1305 · cited by 1 · names the section 3 times, first at printed page 2
- [Prof. Onkar Singh & Anr v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/prof-onkar-singh-anr-v-state-of-u-p-anr-45255) — (2020) 1 ILRA 648 · names the section 6 times, first at printed page 2
- [Babu Ram & Ors v. State Of U.P](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/babu-ram-ors-v-state-of-u-p-44053) — (2016) 6 ILRA 18 · names the section 3 times, first at printed page 2
- [STATE OF MAHARASHTRA v. NARHARRAO](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/state-of-maharashtra-v-narharrao-3777) — [1966] 3 S.C.R. 880 · names the section once, first at printed page 4
- [[1960] 3 S.C.R. 245](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/rashtriya-mill-mazdoor-sangh-v-a-po-lo-mills-ltd-hidayatullah-mtirth-ii-z960-pf-1580) — names the section once, first at printed page 5

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)