§382 — Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft

State amendments

This section has been amended in its application to Tripura. The text above is the central provision and is what applies everywhere else — these amendments are law only in the State that made them.

• Tripura[Vide Tripura Act 4 of 2019, sec. 2.]Read →Hide

  Tripura.— After the section 382 of the Indian Penal Code, the following new sections will be inserted: — “382A. Snatching: Whoever commits theft stealthily from a person or through assault or by using criminal force and thereby causes hurt or endangers the life of that person is said to commit the offence of ‘Snatching’. 382B. Whoever commits ‘Snatching’ shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but may extend to a term of ten years or with fine or with both. 382C. Vehicle lifting: Whoever commits theft of a ‘vehicle’ either from open or close arena, is said to commit the offence of ‘vehicle lifting’. Note:-- The term ‘Vehicle’ shall have the same meaning as defined in sub-section 28 of section 2 of Motor Vehicles Act 1988:, 382D. Whoever commits the offence of ‘vehicle lifting’ shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but may extend to a term of ten years or with fine or with both”. 382E. Cattle lifting: Whoever commits theft of a ‘Cattle’ either from open or close arena, is said to commit the offence of ‘Cattle lifting’. Note:- For the purpose of this section, the term ‘Cattle’ means a cow and a calf, whether male or female, bull, bullock, buffalo-male or female or calf of she-buffalo, whether male or female and an ox or oxen. 382F. Whoever commits the offence of ‘Cattle lifting’ shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but may extend to a term of tem years or with fine or with both.”

Reproduced from the same official PDF as the section above, as the amending Act words it — not a consolidated State version of the section. Check the source before relying on it.