BNS Section 112: Petty organized crime
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section -
Procedural Classification Summary
Petty Organised crime
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for not lessthan 1 year but which mayclass. extend to 7 years and fine
Official Legal Provision / Summary
Newly added section. “Whoever, being a member of a group or gang, either singly or jointly, commits any act of theft, snatching, cheating, unauthorised selling of tickets, unauthorised betting or gambling, selling of public examination question papers or any other similar criminal act, is said to commit petty organised crime”.