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In a narrow and lonely lane, A puts a knife to the neck of B and threatens him to deliver his purse. B…

Under Section 309(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 390 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), extortion is "robbery" if the offender, at the time of…

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In a narrow and lonely lane, A puts a knife to the neck of B and threatens him to deliver his purse. B delivers the purse on the spot. What offence has A committed?

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Under Section 309(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 390 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), extortion is "robbery" if the offender, at the time of committing the extortion, is in the presence of the person put in fear, and commits the extortion by putting that person in fear of instant death, of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful restraint to that person or to some other person, and, by so putting in fear, induces the person so put in fear then and there to deliver up the thing extorted.

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