Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act
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Summary
Causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property or valuable security, or to force the victim or someone interested in the victim to do something illegal or to facilitate an offence, is punishable. Voluntarily causing hurt for these purposes can attract imprisonment up to ten years and a fine. Causing grievous hurt for these purposes can attract life imprisonment, or imprisonment up to ten years, and a fine.
Example
Rohan threatens and punches his neighbour to force him to hand over cash. Since Rohan voluntarily caused hurt to extort property, he can be punished with imprisonment of up to ten years and a fine under this section. If the neighbour had suffered grievous hurt instead, Rohan could face life imprisonment or imprisonment up to ten years and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in subsection (1), shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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