BNS Section 328 — Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
Section 328 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
328. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.—Whoever intentionally runs any vessel aground or ashore, intending to commit theft of any property contained therein or to dishonestly misappropriate any such property, or with intent that such theft or misappropriation of property may be committed, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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