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IPC Section 400 - Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
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IPC Section 400 deals with punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits.
Full official legal text
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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