\u2014(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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 304.\u00a0\u00a0 Snatching. \u2014(1) Theft is snatching if, in order to commit theft, the offender suddenly or quicklyor forcibly seizes or secures or grabs or takes away from any person or from his possession any movableproperty.(2) Whoever commits snatching, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a termwhich may extend to three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-304.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 304","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n