Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
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Summary
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to force a person to give a confession, or information that may lead to detection of an offence, or to compel restoration of property or satisfaction of a claim, is a crime. It applies when the hurt is inflicted for those specific purposes. Punishment may be imprisonment for up to ten years and a fine.
Example
Ravi injures his neighbour Arjun to force Arjun to confess to stealing a phone and return it. Under this provision Ravi can be prosecuted and, if convicted, may be sentenced to up to ten years' imprisonment and fined.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever voluntarily causes grievous 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 ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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