Indian Penal Code
IPC 396 is now BNS 310(3).
Dacoity with murder · BNS 310 brings it together with IPC 391, 395, 399, 400 and 402.
Merged
94% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 396
Dacoity with murder
If any one of five or more persons, who are conjointly committing dacoity, commits murder in so committing dacoity, every one of those persons shall be punished with death, or 1[imprisonment for life], or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII
s. 310(3)of section 310
Dacoity.
(3) If any one of five or more persons, who are conjointly committing dacoity, commits murder in so committing dacoity, every one of those persons shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from India Code