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Section 399 — Making preparation to commit gang-robbery

As in force on 1 July 2014.

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399.Making preparation to commit gang-robbery

Whoever makes any preparation for committing gang- robbery, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years and shall also be punished with caning with not less than 12 strokes.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 399]

There is no section 398.