Dear Students, 
In Every country mostly there is a penal code for the purpose of decrease or for the purpose of punishment for the various offences in the same way in India there is general Penal Code which is known as "Indian Penal Code" In short form some times we says or called it IPC.

In IPC mean Indian Penal code punishment for various offences and Acts which are decleared as offence or listed as offence is given like that punishment for theft, Robbery, House Braking and Self Defence related. Furthermore for every Law student or Lawyers needs to read or learn IPC mean Indian Penal Code.