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Ravi, Imran and Joseph act together as a group and repeatedly commit pick-pocketing in crowded trains. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which description fits their acts, and what is the minimum imprisonment?

This is petty organised crime, because a member of a group or gang commits theft, which expressly includes pick-pocketing. The punishment is imprisonment of not less than one year but up to seven years, along with fine.

  1. APetty organised crime; not less than one yearCorrect
  2. BOrganised crime; not less than five years
  3. CPetty organised crime; not less than three years
  4. DOrganised crime; not less than ten years

Explanation

Section 112 covers a member of a group or gang who commits theft, and its explanation includes pick-pocketing. Punishment is imprisonment of not less than one year, extendable to seven years, with fine. Organised crime needs a continuing unlawful activity of a cognizable offence punishable with three years or more, with the prescribed charge-sheet history, so option B is wrong.

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