IPC §393 → BNS §309
Attempt to commit robbery
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393. Attempt to commit robbery.—Whoever attempts to commit robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(1) In all robbery there is either theft or extortion.
(2) Theft is robbery if, in order to the committing of the theft, or in committing the theft, or in carrying away or attempting to carry away property obtained by the theft, the offender, for that end voluntarily causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt or wrongful restraint, or fear of instant death or of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful restraint.
(3) Extortion is robbery if the offender, at the time of committing the extortion, is in the presence of the person put in fear, and commits the extortion by putting that person in fear of instant death, of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful restraint to that person or to some other person, and, by so putting in fear, induces the person so put in fear then and there to deliver up the thing extorted.
(4) Whoever commits robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the robbery be committed on the highway between sunset and sunrise, the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.
(5) Whoever attempts to commit robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(6) If any person, in committing or in attempting to commit robbery, voluntarily causes hurt, such person, and any other person jointly concerned in committing or attempting to commit such robbery, 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.
What changedAI-inferred
IPC 393 absorbed into BNS 309(5).
Old position
IPC 393 is concerned with Attempt to commit robbery. Attempt to commit robbery
New position
BNS 309 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: Robbery. In all robbery there is either theft or extortion
BNS 309 (Robbery) preserves the framework of IPC 393. BNS 309 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNS 309 text: In all robbery there is either theft or extortion.(2) Theft is robbery if,...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNS 309 (Robbery) preserves the framework of IPC 393. BNS 309 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNS 309 text: In all robbery there is either theft or extortion.(2) Theft is robbery if, in order to the committing of the theft, or in committing the theft, or in carrying away or attempting to carry away property obtained by the theft, the offender, for that end voluntarily causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 393 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNS 309 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNS 309 (Robbery). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, IPC §393 → BNS §309 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-12, https://newlaws.in/ipc/393.
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