BNS 2023Chapter XVIIIPC: IPC Section 390
Section 309
Robbery
Offences Against Property
Plain English Explanation
Robbery = Theft + Force/Threat. When theft is accompanied by violence or threat of immediate harm to the victim, it becomes robbery. Punishment: up to 10 years + fine. Armed robbery or robbery in darkness (day/night): up to 14 years + fine. Robbery on a highway: minimum 7 years.
Legal Text
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 309
In all robbery there is either theft or extortion. (1) Theft is "robbery" if, in order to the committing of the theft, or in committing the theft, or in carrying away or attempting to carry away property obtained by the theft, the offender, for that end, voluntarily causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt or wrongful restraint, or fear of instant death or of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful restraint.
Keywords
robberytheft with violencesnatchingdacoityarmed robbery
Related Sections
Punishment
Up to 10 years + fine. Armed/highway robbery: higher punishments.
IPC Equivalent
IPC Section 390
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