Of Offences Affecting The Human Body
BNS Section 112 - Petty organised crime
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112. Petty organised crime.--(1) Whoever, being a member of a group or gang, either singly or
jointly, commits any act of theft, snatching, cheating, unauthorised selling of tickets, unauthorised betting
or gambling, selling of public examination question papers or any other similar criminal act, is said to
commit petty organised crime.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section “theft” includes trick theft, theft from vehicle,
dwelling house or business premises, cargo theft, pick pocketing, theft through card skimming,
shoplifting and theft of Automated Teller Machine.
(2) Whoever commits any petty organised crime shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.