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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 396

DACOITY WITH MURDER If any one of five or more persons, who are conjointly committing dacoity, commits murder in so

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 396 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - DACOITY WITH MURDER If any one of five or more persons, who are conjointly committing dacoity, commits murder in so. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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SECTION 396: DACOITY WITH MURDER If any one of five or more persons, who are conjointly committing dacoity, commits murder in so committing dacoity, every one of those persons shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. COMMENTS When dacoity takes place with murder, all of his companions participating in the commission of the same dacoity are committed under this section. The prosecution need not establish either any common intentionin s. 34 or common object in s. 149.--Kalika Tiwari v. State of Bihar AIR 1997 SC 2186

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