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Y holds Z down and fraudulently takes Z's money from Z's clothes without Z's consent. Under the…

Holding Z down constitutes wrongful restraint used to carry away Z’s money without consent. In the dishonest taking contemplated by illustration (a) to section 309 of the…

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Y holds Z down and fraudulently takes Z's money from Z's clothes without Z's consent. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Y has committed:

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Holding Z down constitutes wrongful restraint used to carry away Z’s money without consent. In the dishonest taking contemplated by illustration (a) to section 309 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 390 IPC), theft becomes robbery when the restraint is used for that taking. Simple theft fails to capture this additional force; extortion instead requires an induced delivery.

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