IPC 23: Section 23 of the Indian Penal Code
“Wrongful gain”
Wrongful Gain – is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled.
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.