(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be
committed, robbery.
(2) A person shall be deemed to commit robbery if he or
she:
(a) causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt
or restraint or obstruction or fear or intimidation of
instant death or of instant hurt, in order to the
committing of theft or in committing the theft or in
carrying away property obtained by the theft or to the
escaping of arrest after the commission of the theft or
commits theft carrying a deadly weapon,
(b) obtains any money or economic benefit through
criminal extortion by putting any person in fear of
instant death or of instant or of instant restraint,
(c) commits theft by waiting near or on way, road, lonely
place or forest or show of fear or intimidation , using or
threatening to use a deadly weapon,
(d) commits theft in a group of three or more persons.
(3) A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection
(1) shall be liable to the following sentence:
(a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of seven to
fourteen years and a fine of seventy thousand to one
hundred forty thousand rupees, in the case of the
offence referred to in clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (2),
(b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of five to ten
years and a fine of fifty thousand to one hundred
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thousand rupees, in the case of the offence referred to in
clause (c) or (d) of sub-section (2).