Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, an attempt or preparatory intimidation to commit certain…

Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Sections 308(6) and 308(7) (formerly Sections 389 and 388 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) prescribe the same punishment of imprisonment up to ten years and fine both for committing extortion by threat of accusation of a grave offence and for putting or attempting to put a person in fear of such accusation in order to commit extortion. Likewise, Sections 311 and 312 (formerly Sections 397 and 398 IPC) prescribe the same mandatory minimum punishment of not less than seven years' imprisonment for aggravated robbery or dacoity and for attempting to commit robbery or dacoity while armed with a deadly weapon. Section 62 (formerly Section 511 IPC) is the general attempt provision.