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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 304: Snatching

Chapter XVII — Of Offences Against Property

304. (1) Theft is snatching if, in order to commit theft, the offender suddenly or quickly or forcibly seizes or secures or grabs or takes away from any person or from his possession any movable property.

(2) Whoever commits snatching, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).