310. (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.
IPC Section 399 in BNS: Section 310(4)
Making preparation to commit dacoity
Section 399 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Making preparation to commit dacoity) corresponds to Section 310(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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Text of BNS Section 310(4)
Full BNS Section 310 and every IPC section it replaced →
Other IPC sections now in BNS 310
- IPC 391: Dacoity → BNS 310
- IPC 395: Punishment for dacoity → BNS 310(2)
- IPC 396: Dacoity with murder → BNS 310(3)
- IPC 400: Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits → BNS 310(6)
- IPC 402: Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity → BNS 310(5)
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