Thursday, December 16, 2010

Questoin 933: Tees Maar Khan

Section X of the Indian Penal Code has become a slang reference for a confidence trickster. Such criminals are called X in popular culture in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan(countries which have adopted the IPC). The section deals with the cases of cheating and awards punishment of fine and/or jail up to 7 years.

A X is a person acting fraudulently to cheat somebody out of their belongings. Section X of the Penal Codes of both India and Pakistan cover such activity. The Penal Codes of both countries are inherited from the IPC of 1860 instituted by the colonial government of the British India, which then included the present-day countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. X?


Answer: "420" (Chaar-sau-bees)