Section 396 IPC — Dacoity with murder

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 160

396. Dacoity with murder.--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 1*[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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