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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers theft committed in a building…

Section 305(a) covers theft in a building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or to keep property. Section 305 provides up to seven years’ imprisonment and liability to…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers theft committed in a building used as a human dwelling?

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Section 305(a) covers theft in a building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or to keep property. Section 305 provides up to seven years’ imprisonment and liability to a fine.

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Option A

Section 303 provides the general definition and punishment of theft. The specific dwelling limb appears separately.

Option B

Section 304 concerns snatching, which involves suddenly, quickly or forcibly taking movable property from a person or from their possession.

Option C

Section 305(a) expressly covers theft in a building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or for custody of property.

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Section 306 concerns theft by a clerk or servant of property in the possession of the employer.

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