{"id":259167,"date":"2021-12-28T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T05:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=259167"},"modified":"2021-12-31T01:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:38:14","slug":"explained-section-397-use-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court:<\/strong> The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJI and <strong>AS Bopanna<\/strong>* and Hima Kohli, JJ has elaborated on the question as to whether to be charged under Section 397 IPC, it is necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon to \u201cuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The law laid down by the Bench can be summarized as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>the use of the weapon to constitute the offence under Section 397 IPC does not require that the \u2018offender\u2019 should actually fire from the firearm or actually stab if it is a knife or a dagger but the mere exhibition of the same, brandishing or holding it openly to threaten and create fear or apprehension in the mind of the victim is sufficient.<\/li>\n<li>if the charge of committing the offence is alleged against all the accused and only one among the \u2018offenders\u2019 had used the firearm or deadly weapon, only such of the \u2018offender\u2019 who has used the firearm or deadly weapon alone would be liable to be charged under Section 397 IPC.<\/li>\n<li>in the teeth of the offence under Section 397 IPC being applicable to the offender alone, the vicariability of the same will also have to be noted if the charge against the accused under Sections 34, 149 IPC and\u00a0\u00a0 such other provisions of law, which may become relevant, is also invoked along with Section 397 IPC. In such event, it will have to be looked at differently in the totality of the facts, evidence and circumstances involved in that case and the provisions invoked in that particular case to frame a charge against the accused. In the instant case, the charge under Section 34 IPC was not framed against the appellant nor was such an allegation raised and proved against the appellant.<\/li>\n<li>benefit of the interpretation raised on the scope of Section 397 IPC to hold the aggressor alone as being guilty, will be available to the appellant if there is no specific allegation against him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Important Rulings <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Shri Phool Kumar<\/em>\u00a0v.\u00a0<em>Delhi Administration<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/w263n3vB\">(1975) 1 SCC 797<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe term \u2018offender\u2019 in that section, as rightly held by several High Courts, is confined to the offender who uses any deadly weapon. The use of a deadly weapon by one offender at the time of\u00a0\u00a0 committing robbery cannot attract Section 397 for the imposition of the minimum punishment on another offender who had not used any deadly weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Dilawar Singh<\/em>\u00a0v.\u00a0<em>State of Delhi<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/sA5S35Lh\">(2007) 12 SCC 641<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c\u201cOffender\u201d refers to only culprit who actually used deadly weapon. When only one has used the deadly weapon, others cannot be awarded the minimum punishment. It only envisages the individual liability and not any constructive liability. Section 397 IPC is attracted only against the particular accused who uses the deadly weapon or does any of the acts mentioned in the provision. But the other accused are not vicariously liable under that section for acts of the co-accused.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Ganesan v. State,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/9sCO923j\"><strong>2021 SCC OnLine SC 1023<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c\u2026 the term \u2018offender\u2019 under Section 397 IPC is confined to the \u2018offender\u2019 who uses any deadly weapon and use of deadly weapon by one offender at the time of committing robbery cannot attract Section\u00a0\u00a0 397 IPC for the imposition of minimum punishment on another offender who has not used any deadly weapon. Even there is distinction and difference between Section 397 and Section 398 IPC. The word used in Section 397 IPC is \u2018uses\u2019 any deadly weapon and the word used in Section 398 IPC is \u2018offender is armed with any deadly weapon\u2019. Therefore, for the purpose of attracting Section 397 IPC the \u2018offender\u2019 who \u2018uses\u2019 any deadly weapon Section 397 IPC shall be attracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Ram Ratan v. State of Madhya Pradesh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/hDyxt552\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 1279<\/b><\/a>, decided on 17.12.2021]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsels<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Appellant: Advocate Shishir\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Saxena<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For respondent: Advocate Sunny\u00a0Choudhary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJI and AS Bopanna* and Hima Kohli, JJ has elaborated on the question as <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":251173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[31720,30637,2526,48182,48183,30559,48181],"class_list":["post-259167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-dacoity","tag-deadly-weapon","tag-Interpretation","tag-offender","tag-penal-cide","tag-section-397-ipc","tag-use"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0 | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJI and AS Bopanna* and Hima Kohli, JJ has elaborated on the question as\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"headline\":\"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\\\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":627,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Dacoity\",\"deadly weapon\",\"Interpretation\",\"Offender\",\"Penal Cide\",\"Section 397 IPC\",\"Use\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/\",\"name\":\"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\\\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0 | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":888},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/28\\\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\\\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\",\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\"},\"description\":\"Senior Associate Editor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_3\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0 | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0","og_description":"Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJI and AS Bopanna* and Hima Kohli, JJ has elaborated on the question as","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1331,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Prachi Bhardwaj","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/"},"author":{"name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"headline":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0","datePublished":"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/"},"wordCount":627,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","keywords":["Dacoity","deadly weapon","Interpretation","Offender","Penal Cide","Section 397 IPC","Use"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","Supreme Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/","name":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0 | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","datePublished":"2021-12-28T05:30:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-30T19:38:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","width":1331,"height":888},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/28\/explained-section-397-use-weapon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Explained| To constitute a charge under Section 397 IPC, is it necessary to prove that the offender has put the weapon\/firearm to \u201cuse\u201d?\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942","name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","caption":"Prachi Bhardwaj"},"description":"Senior Associate Editor","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":261127,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/04\/whether-a-blade-would-be-covered-under-s-397-ipc-as-a-deadly-weapon\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":0},"title":"Whether a \u2018blade\u2019 would be covered under S. 397 IPC as a deadly weapon? Del HC explains in view of settled position of law","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., explained under what circumstances would Section 397 of penal Code, 1860 would be attracted. By the instant appeal, the appellant challenged the decision convicting the appellant for offence punishable under Section 397 of Penal Code, 1860. An FIR was registered for the offence punishable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Delhi_New-logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Delhi_New-logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Delhi_New-logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Delhi_New-logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Delhi_New-logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":256928,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/10\/law-on-dacoity\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":1},"title":"Law on Offences Against Property | While committing the act of robbery, if revolver is brandished, would that be an offence under S. 397 IPC? Del HC elucidates","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed a very pertinent question of whether brandishing a revolver during the act of robbery be covered under Section 397 of Penal Code, 1860. Petition in the present matter was directed against the decision of the lower court for offences under Sections 392, 34\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":213210,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/04\/04\/del-hc-paper-cutter-blade-not-a-deadly-weapon-so-as-to-constitute-an-offence-under-s-397-ipc\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":2},"title":"Del HC | Paper cutter blade not a &#8216;deadly weapon&#8217; so as to constitute an offence under S. 397 IPC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court:\u00a0A.K. Pathak, J., modified the appellant's conviction and sentence while allowing his appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby he was convicted for an offence under Section 397 IPC (robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death and grievous hurt). As per the victim, on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":239602,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/11\/24\/all-hc-in-case-there-is-conviction-of-less-than-5-persons-for-the-offence-of-dacoity-is-it-necessary-to-prove-that-5-or-more-persons-aided-the-crime-court-explains\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":3},"title":"All HC | In case there is conviction of less than 5 persons for the offence of &#8216;Dacoity&#8217;, is it necessary to prove that 5 or more persons aided the crime? Court explains","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court:\u00a0Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J., while addressing a criminal appeal observed that \"Conviction for \"Dacoity\" of less than five persons is not sustainable in the absence of finding that five or more persons were involved in the crime\".\u00a0 Three appellants filed the criminal appeal under Section 374 of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":235893,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/17\/del-hc-can-a-country-made-pistol-katta-be-considered-as-a-deadly-weapon-even-if-it-is-in-a-state-of-disrepair-under-s-398-ipc-hc-elaborates\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":4},"title":"Del HC | Can a country made pistol (katta) be considered as a \u201cdeadly weapon\u201d even if it is in a state of disrepair under S. 398 IPC? HC elaborates","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"September 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court:\u00a0Vibhu Bakhru, J., in the present petition observed that, \"A deadly weapon is one, which is lethal and is likely to cause death when used in the manner in which it is intended. By its very nature, a deadly weapon is one, which is likely to result in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":205549,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/11\/20\/combined-impact-of-different-weapons-used-during-robbery-to-be-considered-for-conviction-under-section-397-ipc-del-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":259167,"position":5},"title":"Combined impact of different weapons used during robbery to be considered for conviction under Section 397 IPC: Del HC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court:\u00a0A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mukta Gupta,\u00a0 J. dismissed a bunch of criminal appeals filed against the judgment of the trial court whereby the appellants were convicted under Section 392 read with Section 397 IPC. The appellants were accused of having robbed passengers of a gramin sewa\u00a0vehicle\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}