Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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Summary
Deliberately causing physical hurt to someone in order to force that person, or someone connected to them, to hand over property or a valuable security, or to make them do something illegal, is a crime. It applies whenever the injury is used as a means of extortion or coercion into an illegal act. Punishment can be imprisonment for up to ten years and a fine.
Example
Priya slaps Arjun and threatens him until he gives her his smartphone to avoid more injury. Because Priya caused hurt to extort property from Arjun, she can be punished with imprisonment of up to ten years and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever 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.
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