Whoever assaults or uses criminal force on any person, in committing or attempting to commit theft of any property which that person is then wearing or carrying, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than 7 years and shall also be liable to caning.
Section history
Section 356 — Assault or criminal force in committing or attempting to commit theft of property carried by a person
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 356 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 356 — From 30 November 2008 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force on any person, in committing or attempting to commit theft of any property which that person is then wearing or carrying, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than 7 years, and shall also be liable to caning.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 356]