Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
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Summary
Voluntarily hurting someone to force them (or someone connected to them) to confess, give information that may detect an offence, or to make them restore property or satisfy a claim is a crime. Causing hurt for these purposes can attract imprisonment up to seven years and fine. Causing grievous hurt for these purposes can attract imprisonment up to ten years and fine.
Example
Arjun, a shopkeeper, hits Rohan to force Rohan to confess where stolen goods are hidden. Arjun would be guilty under this section and may face up to seven years imprisonment and fine for causing hurt; if Rohan suffered grievous hurt, the punishment could be up to ten years imprisonment and 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 confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in sub–section (1), shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustrations
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(a) A, a police-officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
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(b) A, a police-officer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
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(c) A, a revenue officer, tortures Z in order to compel him to pay certain arrears of revenue due from Z. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
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