Factual Situation: A lost his briefcase containing valuable. X, a friend of A informed him that his briefcase was seen lying in Y’s shop. Thereupon A reached Y’s shop and finding his brief case lying there pulled out his revolver and asked Y to hand over the brief case to him under the fear of injury. Y gave the briefcase to A. However, on reaching home he discovered that the briefcase did not belong to him but decided to retain it. Issue: What offence, if any, has been committed? Decision:

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Factual Situation: A lost his briefcase containing valuable. X, a friend of A informed him that his briefcase was seen lying in Y’s shop. Thereupon A reached Y’s shop and finding his brief case lying there pulled out his revolver and asked Y to hand over the brief case to him under the fear of injury. Y gave the briefcase to A. However, on reaching home he discovered that the briefcase did not belong to him but decided to retain it. Issue: What offence, if any, has been committed? Decision: