Act 9 Penal Code Act 2008 (c) if the robbery is committed with the use of fire arm, shall be sentenced to life imprisonment and may also be liable to a fine. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), above— (a) theft is robbery if, in order to the committing of the theft or in committing the theft or in carrying away or attempting to carry away property obtained by theft, the offender for that end voluntarily, causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt or wrongful restraint or fear of instant death or instant hurt or instant wrongful restraint; and (b) extortion is robbery if the offender at the time of committing the extortion is in the presence of the person put in fear of instant death, of instant hurt or of instant wrongful restraint to that person or to some other person and by so putting in fear induces the person so put in fear then and there to deliver up the thing extorted. 306. Attempt to Commit Robbery. Whoever attempts to commit robbery shall upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or with a fine or with both. 307. Voluntarily Causing Injury in Committing Robbery. If any person in committing or in attempting to commit robbery, voluntarily causes injury to another person, such offender, and any other person jointly concerned in committing or attempting to commit the robbery, shall upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and may also be liable to a fine. Explanation— The offender is said to be present if he or she is sufficiently near to put the other person in fear of instant death, of instant hurt or of instant wrongful restraint. 155