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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for attempting to commit…

Section 309(5) is the ordinary attempt provision. Section 309(6) addresses voluntary hurt, and section 312 addresses an attempted robbery or dacoity while armed with a…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes punishment for attempting to commit robbery without the aggravating circumstance of causing hurt or being armed with a deadly weapon?

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Section 309(5) is the ordinary attempt provision. Section 309(6) addresses voluntary hurt, and section 312 addresses an attempted robbery or dacoity while armed with a deadly weapon.

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Option A

Section 309(4) sets punishment for completed robbery.

Option B

Section 309(5) prescribes rigorous imprisonment of up to seven years and liability to a fine for an attempt to commit robbery.

Option C

Section 309(6) addresses voluntarily causing hurt while committing or attempting to commit robbery.

Option D

Section 310(2) prescribes punishment for dacoity.

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