Discussion
A meets Z on a public road, shows him a pistol, and demands his purse. Out of fear, Z hands over his purse immediately. A was present during the act and used the threat of instant harm to obtain the purse. What offence has A committed ?
Answer: D
A has committed Robbery.
Taking property by putting someone in fear of injury is extortion. Under Section 309 of the BNS, extortion becomes robbery when the offender, at the time of the extortion, is in the presence of the person put in fear and commits it by putting that person in fear of instant death, instant hurt or instant wrongful restraint. The facts are the Sanhita's own illustration: A shows Z a pistol on the road and Z hands over his purse.
It is not mere extortion, because of A's presence and the threat of instant harm; not theft, since the property was handed over under fear rather than taken without consent; and criminal intimidation does not involve obtaining property.
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