BNS310
BNS Section 310: Dacoity
Ch XVII · Of Offences Against Property
Gazette p.91
Punishment
- (2) 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) 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) punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine
- (5) punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine
- (6) 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
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (2) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Dacoity)
- (3) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Murder in dacoity)
- (4) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Making preparation to commit dacoity)
- (5) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Being one of five or more persons assembled for the purpose of committing dacoity)
- (6) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Belonging to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS310. Dacoity.—(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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 391, 395, 396 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 310, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)