Case Law Analysis
|Allahabad High Court
Section 399/402 IPC | Dacoity Conviction Quashed for Lack of Five Accused Participants : Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court rules that conviction under Sections 399/402 IPC for dacoity requires participation of five or more persons. The court quashed the conviction where only three accused were arrested, reinforcing the statutory threshold for the offence. The Arms Act conviction was upheld but substituted with probation.