Dacoity with murder
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Summary
When five or more persons jointly commit dacoity and a murder is committed in the course of that dacoity, every person who was part of the dacoity is punishable for the murder. Punishment may be death, imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for up to ten years, and a fine. All members are treated as criminally responsible even if only one of them did the killing.
Example
Ravi and four others break into a neighbourhood shop to commit dacoity; during the theft one of them stabs the shopkeeper and he dies. Even though only one person carried out the killing, all five who were committing the dacoity can be tried and punished with death, life imprisonment, or rigorous imprisonment up to ten years, and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textIf 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.
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