Section 400 IPC — Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 161

400. Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits.--Whoever, at any time after the passing of this Act, shall belong to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity, shall be punished with 1*[imprisonment for life], or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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