CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of hurt

Section 119: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

(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 sub-section (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.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

119(1)	327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act.
119(2)	329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.

Questions on this section

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1. A beats Z, an accountant employed by a private company, causing him simple hurt, in order to compel Z to make false entries in the company's books of account. Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers A's act, and what is the maximum imprisonment?

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