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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a person who removes a purse from a dead accident victim's…

Section 315 of the BNS punishes dishonestly misappropriating or converting property "knowing that such property was in the possession of a deceased person at the time of…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a person who removes a purse from a dead accident victim's pocket commits the offence of:

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Section 315 of the BNS punishes dishonestly misappropriating or converting property "knowing that such property was in the possession of a deceased person at the time of that person's decease", and has not since been in the possession of anyone legally entitled to it. A dead person possesses nothing, so taking the purse is not theft, and with no one put in fear there is no extortion or robbery.

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