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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 304, BNS: Snatching

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 304 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in the Act's own words.

What it replaces

Nothing: the official comparison summary marks this provision as new in the BNS, with no equivalent in the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The whole table: IPC to BNS.

The section

304. Snatching.

(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.

The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.

Sources

  1. India Code: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, section 304 (read 1 September 2026)
  2. Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNS to IPC (read 1 September 2026)

The Act's own words, from India Code. If the text here differs from the Gazette, the Gazette governs; write to contact@pundora.in and it will be corrected and dated.