BNS Section 155 — Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154
Section 155 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
155. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.— Whoever receives any property knowing the same to have been taken in the commission of any of the offences mentioned in sections 153 and 154, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine and to forfeiture of the property so received. ¶
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