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IPC Section 412 - Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 412 deals with dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity.
Full official legal text
412. Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity. 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 s tolen, 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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