Dacoity
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Summary
When five or more people together commit or attempt a robbery, or helpers present make the total five or more, the act is dacoity. It is punishable with life imprisonment or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years, plus fine. If any member kills someone during the dacoity, every member may face death, life, or rigorous imprisonment of not less than ten years, plus fine. Preparations, assembling for dacoity or belonging to a gang for habitual dacoity attract heavy prison terms and fines.
Example
Ravi and four others try to snatch cash from a shop. Because five people jointly attempted robbery it counts as dacoity, so they can be punished with life or up to ten years rigorous imprisonment and a fine. If one of them kills the shopkeeper during the act, all of them may face death, life imprisonment, or rigorous imprisonment of at least ten years plus fine.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) When five or more persons conjointly commit or attempt to commit a robbery, or where the whole number of persons conjointly committing or attempting to commit a robbery, and persons present and aiding such commission or attempt, amount to five or more, every person so committing, attempting or aiding, is said to commit “dacoity”.
(2) Whoever commits 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.
(3) 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 shall not be less than ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(4) Whoever makes any preparation for committing dacoity, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(5) Whoever is one of five or more persons assembled for the purpose of committing dacoity, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(6) Whoever belongs 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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