Legal Provisions of Section 310 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Thug:
This section defines as to who is a thug, while punishment for a thug has been provided by section 311. A thug according to section 310, is one who after the passing of this Code shall have been associated as a matter of habit with any other person or persons for the purpose of committing either robbery or child-stealing either by means of murder or accompanied with murder, sections 310 and 311 are similar to the provisions under the Thugee Act, 1836.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
The offence of thugee was practised on a large scale in the olden days, but it has become almost extinct now. Habitual association is a necessary ingredient under this section and the purpose of such association must be commission of robbery or child-stealing by means of or accompanied with murder. Since thugee was practised by gangs in the olden days, habitual association has been deliberately made an essential element.