Whoever shall belong to any wandering or other 2020gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing theft or robbery, and not being gang-robbers, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be punished with caning with not less than 4 strokes.
Section history
Section 401 — Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 401 — Original text to 17 August 2026superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 401]
Section 401 — From 17 August 2026 (current)rewritten (not yet redlined) — Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025
Whoever shall belong to any gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing theft or robbery, and not being gang-robbers, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years.