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Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter XVII: Of Offences against Property · Of robbery and dacoity

Section 397: Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.

Now in the BNS section 311 (Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt)

If, at the time of committing robbery or dacoity, the offender uses any deadly weapon, or causes grievous hurt to any

person, or attempts to cause death or grievous hurt to any person, the imprisonment with which such offender shall be punished shall not be less than seven years.

Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 397