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A thief breaks into a house, holds the owner of the house at gunpoint and ties him up. He takes money…

The thief takes the property himself while using gunpoint fear and restraint to facilitate the taking. Under section 309(2) of the BNS (formerly section 390 IPC), that makes…

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A thief breaks into a house, holds the owner of the house at gunpoint and ties him up. He takes money and jewellery from a cupboard and escapes. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the act amounts to

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The thief takes the property himself while using gunpoint fear and restraint to facilitate the taking. Under section 309(2) of the BNS (formerly section 390 IPC), that makes the theft robbery. Extortion would involve inducing the victim to deliver the property, and dacoity requires the statutory group of at least five persons.

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