Section 112: (1) Whoever, being a member of a group or gang, either singly or jointly, commits
organised any act of theft, snatching, cheating, unauthorised selling of tickets, unauthorised betting
crime.
or gambling, selling of public examination question papers or any other similar criminal act,
is said to commit petty organised crime.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section “theft” includes trick theft, theft
from vehicle, dwelling house or business premises, cargo theft, pick pocketing, theft through
card skimming, shoplifting and theft of Automated Teller Machine.
(2) Whoever commits any petty organised crime shall be punished with imprisonment
for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to seven years, and
shall also be liable to fine.
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