Brandishing/Exhibiting knife to generate fear or apprehension in the victim’s mind sufficient under Section 397 IPC: Delhi HC upholds conviction in robbery case
In the present case, the appellant took out a sharp-edged weapon i.e. knife and pointing the same at the complainant, asked him to handover whatever he was carrying and threating to kill him in case he didn’t comply. The knife, was not used to actually hurt the complainant.