Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
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Summary
Causing hurt to force someone to confess, give information that may lead to detection of an offence, or to make them restore property or satisfy a claim is a crime. It applies when the hurt is inflicted voluntarily for those specific purposes. The person can be punished with up to seven years imprisonment and a fine.
Example
Karan assaults Rohan because Rohan has not paid overdue rent and refuses to return property. Karan is guilty of extorting restoration or payment by causing hurt and may be punished with up to seven years imprisonment 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 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.
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 guily 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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(d) A, a zamindar, tortures a raiyat in order to compel him to pay his rent. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
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