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(1) A person who demands property from another and does so with menaces (threats) or actual force, with intent to steal the property demanded, commits an offence.
(2) If two or more people commit the offence set out in (1) above, they both commit an offence.
Penalty:
(1) Imprisonment 10 years
(2) Imprisonment 14 years
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Mixed
Jurisdiction:
Local, District or Supreme Court.
How committed:
(1) Person A punches Person B and tries to steal B’s wallet but fails to do so.
(2) Person A and Person B approach Person C and beat him but are unable to steal C’s phone.
Important note:
It is immaterial whether any such menace is of violence or injury by the offender or by any other person.