Investigation of Border Theft in Islamic Penal Code of 1392 and Its Application to Jurisprudential Texts

In Imami jurisprudence and Islamic Penal Code, the theft issue has been introduced as one of the crimes against human property and ownership: a) Theft which is comprehensive of the penance condition and is referred to as the penance theft; in this case, the thief is sentenced to theft. b) Robbery committed in the form of armed robbery or banditry and causes public terror, in which case it is regarded as combat and corruption on earth and its perpetrator is condemned as combat and corruptor on earth. c) Theft that does not meet any of the above- mentioned conditions; in this case, it is known as canonical punishment theft and the thief is canonical punishment. This article deals with partial theft in the Islamic Penal Code of 2013 and its compliance with jurisprudential texts. Through studying the jurisprudential sources related to the issue of theft, they have determined the limits and punishments appropriate to the form and dimensions of theft crime. The proposed article has of course never been attempted to provide comprehensive research; however as far as possible, the related issues should be presented based on the research topic.