CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of theft
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
(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.
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
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1. Under Section 304(1) BNS, theft is 'snatching' if, in order to commit theft, the offender: