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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, consider the following facts. While B is making tea, B’s guest…

Section 303(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires dishonest movement of movable property for taking it out of another person’s possession without consent. Its…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, consider the following facts. While B is making tea, B’s guest A picks up a gold ring from the table without B’s consent and hides it elsewhere in the room. A intends to keep it and plans to take it away later. What offence has A committed?

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Section 303(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires dishonest movement of movable property for taking it out of another person’s possession without consent.

Its ring illustration explains that hiding the ring inside the same house with the intention of taking it away later completes the theft.

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Option A

Moving the ring with dishonest intent and without consent is sufficient to complete the offence.

Option B

A neither puts B in fear of injury nor induces B to deliver the ring.

Option C

Theft is complete when A dishonestly moves the ring out of B’s possession without consent.

Option D

The ring has already been moved for the dishonest taking, so the conduct has gone beyond attempt.

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