IPC Section 400 — Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits

robbery and dacoity

Criminal

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.

Related Judgments

  • S.C.R. 199 PRAMOD BHANUDAS SOUNDANKAR v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2012)
  • S.C.R. 1 1 SHATRUGHNA BABAN MESHRAM v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2020)
  • KALIKA TIWARI AND ORS. ETC v. STATE OF BIHAR MARCH 25, 1997 — Supreme Court of India (1997)
  • SC (2024) Vol.3 p.1181 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • SC (2008) Vol.5 p.764 — Supreme Court of India (2008)
  • SHIVAPPA & ORS v. STATE OF MYSORE F — Supreme Court of India (1970)
  • GURDEV SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. NOVEMBER 5, 2001 — Supreme Court of India (S)
  • D.M. NAGARAJA v. GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA 465 & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2011)

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