https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273553 Conduct amounts to an attempt to commit theft where the accused moves directly towards the offence with the intention to steal and the failure occurs because of external intervention, not a voluntary abandonment. On the facts stated, entry into the enclosure for cattle theft and acts immediately directed to the offence satisfied the legal conception of attempt. The owner's intervention was the reason the offence was not completed, so the conviction for attempt to commit theft was upheld and the revision was dismissed. en-us Fri, 25 Apr 1924 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:42:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273553 Conduct amounts to an attempt to commit theft where the accused moves directly towards the offence with the intention to steal and the failure occurs because of external intervention, not a voluntary abandonment. On the facts stated, entry into the enclosure for cattle theft and acts immediately directed to the offence satisfied the legal conception of attempt. The owner's intervention was the reason the offence was not completed, so the conviction for attempt to commit theft was upheld and the revision was dismissed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Apr 1924 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273553