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X confronts Z on a highway, brandishes a knife and threatens to stab Z immediately unless Z hands over…

The demand occurs in Z’s presence, the knife threat creates fear of instant hurt and that fear induces immediate delivery. Together these facts make the extortion robbery…

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X confronts Z on a highway, brandishes a knife and threatens to stab Z immediately unless Z hands over money and jewellery. In that fear, Z hands them over on the spot. What is the most specific classification of the completed offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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The demand occurs in Z’s presence, the knife threat creates fear of instant hurt and that fear induces immediate delivery. Together these facts make the extortion robbery under section 309(3).

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Option A

Z delivers the property under fear. The facts do not describe an unauthorised taking by X in the manner of theft.

Option B

Dacoity requires participation by a total of at least five, which the facts do not show.

Option C

The face-to-face threat of instant hurt and immediate delivery supply the additional robbery elements.

Option D

Section 309(3) covers an offender present who causes fear of instant harm and thereby induces immediate delivery.

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