How many years in prison for robbery and injury to others?
(Baonghean.vn) - On my way home from work, my bag was snatched, causing me to fall and break my leg. I would like to ask what is the possible punishment for a person who commits a robbery and also injures another person? This is a matter of concern for Nguyen Thuy Trang (Nghi Loc district).
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 168 of Chapter XVI of the Penal Code No. 2015 and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Penal Code 2017, the Crime of robbery of property is stipulated as follows:
1. Anyone who uses force, threatens to use force immediately or commits other acts that cause the victim to be unable to resist in order to appropriate property shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 03 years to 10 years.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 07 to 15 years:
a) Organized;
b) Professional in nature;
c) Causing injury or damage to the health of another person with a bodily injury rate of 11% to 30%;
d) Using weapons, means or other dangerous tricks;
d) Appropriating property worth from VND 50,000,000 to under VND 200,000,000;
e) Committing a crime against a person under 16 years of age, a woman known to be pregnant, an elderly person or a person incapable of self-defense;
g) Adversely affecting social security, order and safety;
h) Dangerous recidivism.
3. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 12 to 20 years:
a) Appropriating property worth from VND 200,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of another person with a bodily injury rate of 31% to 60%;
c) Taking advantage of natural disasters and epidemics.
4. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 18 to 20 years or life imprisonment:
a) Appropriation of property worth VND 500,000,000 or more;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a body injury rate of 61% or more or causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people with a body injury rate of 31% or more for each person;
c) Causing death;
d) Taking advantage of war and emergency situations.
5. A person who prepares to commit this crime shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years.
6. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, placed on probation, banned from residence from 01 to 05 years, or have part or all of his/her property confiscated.
Based on the above provisions, in case of committing a crime constituting the crime of robbery, one can be sentenced to imprisonment from 03 years to 10 years.
In case you are injured, you can rely on the health assessment results of the competent authority as a basis to determine the corresponding penalty, imprisonment from 07 years to 20 years and the highest possible is life imprisonment.
