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When six men and women extort Rs. 1000 from a teenager putting him in fear of instant hurt by showing a…

Showing a knife to create fear of instant hurt and thereby extort money is extortion escalated to robbery under BNS s.309(3) because the fear is created in the offenders'…

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When six men and women extort Rs. 1000 from a teenager putting him in fear of instant hurt by showing a knife, the most appropriate offence committed by them is:

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Showing a knife to create fear of instant hurt and thereby extort money is extortion escalated to robbery under BNS s.309(3) because the fear is created in the offenders' presence, and since six persons act conjointly, meeting the five-or-more threshold, BNS s.310 makes the offence dacoity.

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