Mischief & Criminal Trespass

• Mischief: Causing wrongful loss or damage to property with intent (e.g., voluntarily burning a valuable security belonging to another to cause wrongful loss).
• Punishment for mischief: Imprisonment extendable to 3 months, or fine, or both.
• s.430: Mischief by injury to irrigation works or wrongfully diverting water — imprisonment extendable to 5 years, or fine, or both.
• s.442 — House trespass: Committing criminal trespass by entering a building, tent, or vessel used as a human dwelling or place of worship.
• Tampering with petroleum pipelines (for theft of petroleum or to disrupt supply) — rigorous imprisonment extendable to 14 years.

End of Notes — 26 Topics. Use these alongside the MCQ bank for revision; each lesson highlights the exact sections, definitions, and illustrations most frequently tested in GAT MCQs.