Broad classification of crimes under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is as under:
- Crimes Against Body: Murder, Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder, Kidnapping & Abduction, Assault etc.
- Crimes Against Property: Dacoity, Robbery, Burglary, Theft.
- Crimes Against Public Order: Riots, Arson
- Economic Crimes: Cheating, Counterfeiting
- Crimes Against Women: Rape, Dowry Death, Cruelty by Husband and Relatives, Molestation, Sexual harassment and Importation of Girls.
- Crimes Against Children: Child Rape, Kidnapping & Abduction of Children, Selling/Buying of girls for Prostitution, Abetment to Suicide, Infanticide, Foeticide.
- Other IPC Crimes
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