Section 242: Punishment for theft

1) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, theft in any of the following circumstances shall be liable to punishment by a sentence of imprisonment for a term of two to seven years and a fine of twenty thousand to seventy thousand rupees:

(a) In the case of theft of any government or public property or property of any religious place or temple,

(b) In the case of theft of any property, upon administering liquor or narcotics to, or otherwise making unconscious, any person,

(c) In the case of theft of any property, upon taking advantage of earthquake, fire, flood, riot or similar other situation of crisis or any accident,

(d) In the case of theft of any property of the office or person whose service one is engaged in,

(e) In the case of theft of a vehicle used for the conveyance of human persons or goods.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, theft in any circumstance other than that referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.