He was punished to rigorous imprisonment for larceny.

A. murder

B. forgery

C. stealing

D. dacoity

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Murder : the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Forgery : the action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
Stealing : take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
Dacoity : (in India or Burma (Myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang.
Larceny : theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Synonym of Larceny is Stealing