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'Y' owed some money to 'X'. 'X' removed the bullock of 'Y', grazing by the side of a stream and kept it…

X had no legal right to seize Y's bullock as self-help to force repayment of the debt, so removing and retaining it without Y's consent, intending to deprive Y of it until…

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'Y' owed some money to 'X'. 'X' removed the bullock of 'Y', grazing by the side of a stream and kept it tied in his own house. When 'Y' asked him to release the bullock, 'X' told him that he would do so when the money was paid. 'X' is guilty of:

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X had no legal right to seize Y's bullock as self-help to force repayment of the debt, so removing and retaining it without Y's consent, intending to deprive Y of it until paid, is dishonest taking amounting to theft under BNS s.303, not extortion, since no threat or putting in fear was used.

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