Section 339.- Whoever commits theft by doing any act of violence or threatening to do any act of violence immediately in order :

(1) To facilitate the theft or taking away of the thing ;

(2) To obtain delivery of the thing ;

(3) To take hold of the thing ;

(4) To conceal the commission of such offence ; or

(5) To escape from arrest, is said to commit robbery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of five to ten years and fined of ten thousand to twenty thousand Baht.

If such offence is committed under the circumstances as provided in any subsection of Section 335, or being to commit against the ox, buffalo, mechanical device or machinery of the agriculturist to possess for purpose of carrying on agricultural pursuit, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of twenty thousand to thirty thousand Baht.

If the robbery causes bodily or mental harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and fined of twenty thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If the robbery causes grievous bodily harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of thirty thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If the robbery causes death to the other person, the offender shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.

 

Section 339 bis.- If the robbery is committed against the thing according to the first paragraph of Section 335 bis, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of twenty thousand to thirty thousand Baht.

If such robbery is committed in the place as provided in the second paragraph of Section 335 bis also, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and fined of twenty thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If the robbery according to the first and second paragraph causes bodily or mental harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of thirty thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If the robbery according to the first or the second paragraph causes grievous bodily harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

If the robbery according to the first or second paragraph causes death to the other person, the offender shall be punished with death.

 

Section 340.- Whoever with three persons upwards participate in committing robbery, such persons are said to commit gang-robbery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of twenty thousand to thirty thousand Baht.

If in the commission of the gang-robbery, even one of the offenders carries arms, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of twelve to twenty years and fined of twenty-four thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If the gang-robbery causes grievous bodily harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

If the gang-robbery is committed by acts of cruelty so as to cause bodily or mental harm to the other person, by shooting with a gun, by using explosive or by acts of torture, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

If the gang-robbery causes death to the other person, the offender shall be punished with death.