Compilation of judgments on the crime of snatching adjudicated by the Court in Ho Chi Minh City

1. What are the fines for the crime of snatching according to the law in Vietnam?

According to Article 171 of the Criminal Code 2015, any person who commits the act of snatching will be subject to one of the following penalties:

Basic Penalty: Any person who snatch steals property of another person shall be liable to imprisonment for a term ranging from 01 year to 05 years.

Level 2: Committing the crime in the following cases shall be subject to imprisonment from 03 years to 10 years:

+ Organized;

+ Professional nature;

+ Appropriating property valued from VND 50,000,000 to under VND 200,000,000;

+ Using dangerous tricks;

+ Assaulting to escape;

+ Causing injury or harming the health of others where the injury rate ranges from 11% to 30%;

+ Committing the crime against persons under 16 years old, pregnant women, the elderly, or those unable to defend themselves;

+ Adversely affecting security, order, public safety;

+ Dangerous recidivism.

Level 3: Committing the crime in the following cases shall be subject to imprisonment from 07 years to 15 years:

+ Appropriating property valued from VND 200,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000;

+ Causing injury or harming the health of others where the injury rate ranges from 31% to 60%;

+ Taking advantage of natural disasters, epidemics.

Level 4: Committing the crime in the following cases shall be subject to imprisonment from 12 years to 20 years or life imprisonment:

+ Appropriating property valued at VND 500,000,000 or more;

+ Causing injury or harming the health of one person with an injury rate of 61% or more, or causing injury or harming the health of two or more persons where the injury rate of each is 31% or more;

+ Causing death;

+ Taking advantage of war circumstances, emergency situations.

Additional Penalty: The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000.

2. What are judgments on the crime of snatching adjudicated by the Court in Ho Chi Minh City?

Below is a compilation of judgments on the crime of snatching adjudicated by the Court in Ho Chi Minh City:

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