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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, C finds a lost ring in a garden, outside the possession of any…

An honest finder who takes property outside another person's possession solely to safeguard it and return it to its owner commits no offence under Explanation 2 to section…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, C finds a lost ring in a garden, outside the possession of any other person. C takes it solely to protect it and restore it to its owner, without dishonestly appropriating it. By this taking C commits:

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An honest finder who takes property outside another person's possession solely to safeguard it and return it to its owner commits no offence under Explanation 2 to section 314 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 403 IPC). The stated taking also lacks the dishonest removal from another's possession necessary for theft; no dishonest appropriation or breach of an entrustment is described.

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