## IPC 23

### IPC 23 — Wrongful gain
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/23

> 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.