BNS - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 317 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Of receiving stolen property

Stolen property.

  1. (1) Property,the possession whereof has been transferred by theft or extortion or
    robbery or cheating, and property which has been criminally misappropriated or in respect of
    which criminal breach of trust has been committed, is designated as stolen property, whether
    the transfer has been made, or the misappropriation or breach of trust has been committed,
    within or without India, but, if such property subsequently comes into the possession of a
    person legally entitled to the possession thereof, it then ceases to be stolen property.
    (2) Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, knowing or having
    reason to believe the same to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of
    either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
    (3) Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, the possession
    whereof he knows or has reason to believe to have been transferred by the commission of
    dacoity, or dishonestly receives from a person, whom he knows or has reason to believe to
    belong or to have belonged to a gang of dacoits, property which he knows or has reason to
    believe to have been stolen, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous
    imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
    (4) Whoever habitually receives or deals in property which he knows or has reason to
    believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment
    of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
    (5) Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with
    property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished
    with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with
    fine, or with both.

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