IPC Section 400 — Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits

robbery and dacoity

Criminal

Punishment

Life imprisonment · Rigorous imprisonment up to 10 years and fine

As the section puts it: “shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine”

Summary

If a person is a member of a group that regularly commits dacoity (a type of robbery involving five or more people), that person can be punished with life imprisonment or with hard imprisonment for up to ten years, and may also have to pay a fine.

Official Text

Whoever, at any time after the passing of this Act, shall belong to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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